änte

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *häntä.

Pronunciation

Noun

änte

  1. tail (of an animal)

Inflection

Declension of änte (type VIII/päive, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative änte änned
genitive ännä äntije, äntii
partitive äntä äntiite, äntii
illative äntäse, äntä äntiise
inessive ännez äntiiz
elative ännesse äntiisse
allative ännele äntiile
adessive ännelle äntiille
ablative ännelte äntiilte
translative ännessi äntiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “äntä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn