iivõ

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Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *hiiva.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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iivõ

  1. yeast
  2. leaven

Inflection

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Declension of iivõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative iivõ iivõd
genitive iiva iivojõ, iivoi
partitive iiva iivoitõ, iivoi
illative iivasõ, iiva iivoisõ
inessive iivõz iivoiz
elative iivõssõ iivoissõ
allative iivõlõ iivoilõ
adessive iivõllõ iivoillõ
ablative iivõltõ iivoiltõ
translative iivõssi iivoissi
*) 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

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