nõitõ

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *noita, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *nojta.

Pronunciation

Noun

nõitõ

  1. witch
  2. sorcerer, wizard

Inflection

Declension of nõitõ (type V/poikõ, it-dʹdʹ gradation)
singular plural
nominative nõitõ nõdʹdʹõd
genitive nõdʹdʹa nõitijõ, nõitii
partitive nõita nõitiitõ, nõitii
illative nõitasõ, nõita nõitiisõ
inessive nõdʹdʹõz nõitiiz
elative nõdʹdʹõssõ nõitiissõ
allative nõdʹdʹõlõ nõitiilõ
adessive nõdʹdʹõllõ nõitiillõ
ablative nõdʹdʹõltõ nõitiiltõ
translative nõdʹdʹõssi nõitiissi
*) 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) “nõita”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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