tõrvõ

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tërva.

Pronunciation

Noun

tõrvõ

  1. tar

Inflection

Declension of tõrvõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tõrvõ tõrvõd
genitive tõrva tõrvojõ, tõrvoi
partitive tõrva tõrvoitõ, tõrvoi
illative tõrvasõ, tõrva tõrvoisõ
inessive tõrvõz tõrvoiz
elative tõrvõssõ tõrvoissõ
allative tõrvõlõ tõrvoilõ
adessive tõrvõllõ tõrvoillõ
ablative tõrvõltõ tõrvoiltõ
translative tõrvõssi tõrvoissi
*) 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) “tõrva”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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