riito

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word riito. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word riito, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say riito in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word riito you have here. The definition of the word riito will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofriito, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Votic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *riita.

Pronunciation

Noun

riito

  1. quarrel, argument

Inflection

Declension of riito (type II/võrkko, t-jj gradation)
singular plural
nominative riito riijjod
genitive riijjo riitojõ, riitoi
partitive riitoa riitoitõ, riitoi
illative riitosõ, riito riitoisõ
inessive riijjoz riitoiz
elative riijjossõ riitoissõ
allative riijjolõ riitoilõ
adessive riijjollõ riitoillõ
ablative riijjoltõ riitoiltõ
translative riijjossi riitoissi
*) 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) “riito”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia