sittõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sitta.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsitːɑ/, [ˈsʲitːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -itːɑ
  • Hyphenation: sit‧tõ

Noun

sittõ

  1. feces, shit
  2. dung, manure
  3. trash, rubbish, garbage

Inflection

Declension of sittõ (type III/jalkõ, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative sittõ sitad
genitive sita sittojõ, sittoi
partitive sitta sittoitõ, sittoi
illative sittasõ, sitta sittoisõ
inessive sitaz sittoiz
elative sitassõ sittoissõ
allative sitalõ sittoilõ
adessive sitallõ sittoillõ
ablative sitaltõ sittoiltõ
translative sitassi sittoissi
*) 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) “sitta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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