lootõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luuta.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈloːtɑ/, [ˈɫoːtə̠]
  • Rhymes: -oːtɑ
  • Hyphenation: loo‧tõ

Noun

lootõ

  1. broom

Inflection

Declension of lootõ (type V/poikõ, t-vv gradation)
singular plural
nominative lootõ loovvõd
genitive luuvva, loovva lootijõ, lootii
partitive loota lootiitõ, lootii
illative lootasõ, loota lootiisõ
inessive loovvõz lootiiz
elative loovvõssõ lootiissõ
allative loovvõlõ lootiilõ
adessive loovvõllõ lootiillõ
ablative loovvõltõ lootiiltõ
translative loovvõssi lootiissi
*) 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) “loota”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn