rooto

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rooto.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈroːto/, [ˈroːto]
  • Rhymes: -oːto
  • Hyphenation: roo‧to

Noun

rooto

  1. stem (on a plant)
  2. fishbone
  3. rib

Inflection

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

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “rooto”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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