põhjõ

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pohja.

Pronunciation

Noun

põhjõ

  1. bottom
  2. base, foundation
  3. north

Inflection

Declension of põhjõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative põhjõ põhjõd
genitive põhja põhjijõ, põhjii
partitive põhja põhjiitõ, põhjii
illative põhjasõ, põhja põhjiisõ
inessive põhjõz põhjiiz
elative põhjõssõ põhjiissõ
allative põhjõlõ põhjiilõ
adessive põhjõllõ põhjiillõ
ablative põhjõltõ põhjiiltõ
translative põhjõssi põhjiissi
*) 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) “põhja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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