vätši

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *väki.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvæt͡ʃi/,
  • Rhymes: -æt͡ʃi
  • Hyphenation: vä‧tši

Noun

vätši

  1. people
    • 2012, “vätši”, in V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik, editor, Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2nd edition (dictionary citing attested dialectal material: Rajo dialect):
      siäl annõtaa viina i olutt väelee
      people are given vodka and beer there
  2. nation
    • 2012, “vätši”, in V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik, editor, Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2nd edition (dictionary citing attested dialectal material: Jõgõperä dialect):
      medʹdʹee maall eletä mõnõllaizõd väed
      lots of different nations live on our land

Inflection

Declension of vätši (type VII/nimi, k- gradation)
singular plural
nominative vätši väed
genitive väe vätšije, vätšii
partitive vättšiä vätšiite, vätšii
illative vättšese, vättše vätšiise
inessive väez vätšiiz
elative väesse vätšiisse
allative väele vätšiile
adessive väelle vätšiille
ablative väelte vätšiilte
translative väessi vätšiissi
*) 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