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

Etymology 2

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