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jõvi

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Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *jouhi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jõvi

  1. horsehair

Inflection

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Declension of jõvi (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative jõvi jõvid
genitive jõvi jõvijõ, jõvii
partitive jõvvia jõviitõ, jõvii
illative jõvvisõ, jõvvi jõviisõ
inessive jõviz jõviiz
elative jõvissõ jõviissõ
allative jõvilõ jõviilõ
adessive jõvillõ jõviillõ
ablative jõviltõ jõviiltõ
translative jõvissi jõviissi
*) 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) “jõvi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn