vittsõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vicca, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wiþjǭ.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvit͡sːɑ/, [ˈvʲit͡sːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -it͡sːɑ
  • Hyphenation: vit‧tsõ

Noun

vittsõ

  1. cane, birch rod (for whipping)
  2. twig
  3. wire

Inflection

Declension of vittsõ (type III/jalkõ, tts-ts gradation)
singular plural
nominative vittsõ vitsad
genitive vitsa vittsojõ, vittsoi
partitive vittsa vittsoitõ, vittsoi
illative vittsasõ, vittsa vittsoisõ
inessive vitsaz vittsoiz
elative vitsassõ vittsoissõ
allative vitsalõ vittsoilõ
adessive vitsallõ vittsoillõ
ablative vitsaltõ vittsoiltõ
translative vitsassi vittsoissi
*) 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) “vittsa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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