rooto
Votic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *rooto.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rooto
Inflection
[edit]| Declension of rooto (type II/võrkko, t-vv gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | rooto | roovvod |
| genitive | roovvo | rootojõ, rootoi |
| partitive | rootoa | rootoitõ, rootoi |
| illative | rootosõ, rooto | rootoisõ |
| inessive | roovvoz | rootoiz |
| elative | roovvossõ | rootoissõ |
| allative | roovvolõ | rootoilõ |
| adessive | roovvollõ | rootoillõ |
| ablative | roovvoltõ | rootoiltõ |
| translative | roovvossi | rootoissi |
| *) 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
[edit]- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “rooto”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn