tšärppe

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kärppä.

Pronunciation

Noun

tšärppe

  1. ermine, stoat
  2. least weasel

Inflection

Declension of tšärppe (type VIII/päive, pp-p gradation)
singular plural
nominative tšärppe tšärped
genitive tšärpä tšärppije, tšärppii
partitive tšärppä tšärppiite, tšärppii
illative tšärppäse, tšärppä tšärppiise
inessive tšärpez tšärppiiz
elative tšärpesse tšärppiisse
allative tšärpele tšärppiile
adessive tšärpelle tšärppiille
ablative tšärpelte tšärppiilte
translative tšärpessi tšärppiissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn