From Proto-Finnic *voohla (from earlier *(v)oošëla), borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Lithuanian oželis), if not a native *-la diminutive of *voohi.
vohla
| Inflection of vohla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vohla | vohlat | |
| genitive | vohlan | vohlien | |
| partitive | vohlaa | vohlia | |
| illative | vohlaan | vohliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vohla | vohlat | |
| accusative | nom. | vohla | vohlat |
| gen. | vohlan | ||
| genitive | vohlan | vohlien vohlain rare | |
| partitive | vohlaa | vohlia | |
| inessive | vohlassa | vohlissa | |
| elative | vohlasta | vohlista | |
| illative | vohlaan | vohliin | |
| adessive | vohlalla | vohlilla | |
| ablative | vohlalta | vohlilta | |
| allative | vohlalle | vohlille | |
| essive | vohlana | vohlina | |
| translative | vohlaksi | vohliksi | |
| abessive | vohlatta | vohlitta | |
| instructive | — | vohlin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||