vaivõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vaiva.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑi̯vɑ/, [ˈvɑi̯və̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi̯vɑ
  • Hyphenation: vai‧võ

Noun

vaivõ

  1. pain, ache
  2. bother, inconvenience, trouble, difficulty

Inflection

Declension of vaivõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vaivõ vaivõd
genitive vaiva vaivojõ, vaivoi
partitive vaiva vaivoitõ, vaivoi
illative vaivasõ, vaiva vaivoisõ
inessive vaivõz vaivoiz
elative vaivõssõ vaivoissõ
allative vaivõlõ vaivoilõ
adessive vaivõllõ vaivoillõ
ablative vaivõltõ vaivoiltõ
translative vaivõssi vaivoissi
*) 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) “vaiva”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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