purjõ

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *purjëh.

Pronunciation

Noun

purjõ

  1. sail

Inflection

Declension of purjõ (type XIV/terve, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative purjõ purjõd
genitive purjõ purjõjõ, purjõi
partitive purjõttõ purjõitõ, purjõi
illative purjõsõ, purjõ purjõisõ
inessive purjõz purjõiz
elative purjõssõ purjõissõ
allative purjõlõ purjõilõ
adessive purjõllõ purjõillõ
ablative purjõltõ purjõiltõ
translative purjõssi purjõissi
*) 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) “purjõ”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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