ruumõz

Votic

Alternative forms

  • ruumiz (Mati)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ruumës.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈruːmɤz/, [ˈruːmɤz̥]
  • Rhymes: -uːmɤz̥
  • Hyphenation: ruu‧mõz

Noun

ruumõz

  1. body (of a human)
  2. corpse, cadaver

Inflection

Declension of ruumõz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ruumõz ruumõd
genitive ruumõ ruumõjõ, ruumõi
partitive ruumõssõ ruumõitõ, ruumõi
illative ruumõsõ, ruumõ ruumõisõ
inessive ruumõz ruumõiz
elative ruumõssõ ruumõissõ
allative ruumõlõ ruumõilõ
adessive ruumõllõ ruumõillõ
ablative ruumõltõ ruumõiltõ
translative ruumõssi ruumõissi
*) 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) “ruumõz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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