liivõ

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *liiva.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈliːvɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -iːvɑ
  • Hyphenation: lii‧võ

Noun

liivõ

  1. sand

Inflection

Declension of liivõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative liivõ liivõd
genitive liiva liivojõ, liivoi
partitive liiva liivoitõ, liivoi
illative liivasõ, liiva liivoisõ
inessive liivõz liivoiz
elative liivõssõ liivoissõ
allative liivõlõ liivoilõ
adessive liivõllõ liivoillõ
ablative liivõltõ liivoiltõ
translative liivõssi liivoissi
*) 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) “liiva”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn