vadʹdʹa

Votic

Etymology 1

From the genitive or partitive singular of vadʹdʹõ (“pile, stake, stick”) (compare vadʹdʹalain), a symbol of the Votes.

Pronunciation
  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑɟːɑː/, [ˈvɑɟːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑɟːɑː
  • Hyphenation: vadʹ‧dʹa

Noun

vadʹdʹa

  1. Votic (language)
Inflection

The following forms exist:

  • the genitive singular and partitive singular, both vadʹdʹa (except in dialects without reduction where they are vadʹdʹaa)
  • the translative singular vadʹdʹassi

Adjective

vadʹdʹa

  1. (not inflected) Votic
Descendants
  • → Estonian: vadja
  • → Finnish: vatja
  • → Ingrian: vadja

Noun

vadʹdʹa

  1. Alternative form of vadʹdʹõ (“pile”)

References
  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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