äjje

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *äijä.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈæjːæ/, [ˈæʝːə̟]
  • Rhymes: -æjːæ
  • Hyphenation: äj‧je

Noun

äjje

  1. father-in-law
  2. grandfather

Inflection

Declension of äjje (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative äjje äjjed
genitive äjjä äjjije, äjjii
partitive äjjä äjjiite, äjjii
illative äjjäse, äjjä äjjiise
inessive äjjez äjjiiz
elative äjjesse äjjiisse
allative äjjele äjjiile
adessive äjjelle äjjiille
ablative äjjelte äjjiilte
translative äjjessi äjjiissi
*) 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) “äjjä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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