eläje

Votic

Etymology

From elää +‎ -je.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈelæjæ/, [ˈelæʝə̟]
  • Rhymes: -elæjæ
  • Hyphenation: e‧lä‧je

Noun

eläje

  1. inhabitant, human
  2. creature, animal

Inflection

Declension of eläje (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative eläje eläjed
genitive eläjä eläjije, eläjii
partitive eläjä eläjiite, eläjii
illative eläjäse, eläjä eläjiise
inessive eläjez eläjiiz
elative eläjesse eläjiisse
allative eläjele eläjiile
adessive eläjelle eläjiille
ablative eläjelte eläjiilte
translative eläjessi eläjiissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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