Võru
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Estonian
Etymology
From the name of a local creek. Likely related to the word viru (“whirlpool”), an element found in hydronyms in south-eastern Estonia. Cognate to Võro Võro.
Proper noun
Võru
- Võru (a town in Võru County, Estonia)
Inflection
| Declension of Võru (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Võru | — | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | Võru | ||
| genitive | — | ||
| partitive | Võru | — | |
| illative | Võrru Võrusse |
— | |
| inessive | Võrus | — | |
| elative | Võrust | — | |
| allative | Võrule | — | |
| adessive | Võrul | — | |
| ablative | Võrult | — | |
| translative | Võruks | — | |
| terminative | Võruni | — | |
| essive | Võruna | — | |
| abessive | Võruta | — | |
| comitative | Võruga | — | |
See also
References
- Võru in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “Võru”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN