voohi

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *voohi. Cognates include Finnish vuohi.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋoːhi/, [ˈʋoːhʲ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋoːhi/, [ˈʋo̝ːhi]
  • Rhymes: -oːhʲ, -oːhi
  • Hyphenation: voo‧hi

Noun

voohi

  1. (dated) synonym of kili (goat)

Declension

Declension of voohi (type 5/keeli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative voohi voohet
genitive voohen voohiin, voohiloin
partitive voohta, vooht voohia, voohiloja
illative voohee voohii, voohiloihe
inessive voohees voohiis, voohilois
elative voohest voohist, voohiloist
allative voohelle voohille, voohiloille
adessive vooheel voohiil, voohiloil
ablative voohelt voohilt, voohiloilt
translative vooheks voohiks, voohiloiks
essive voohenna, vooheen voohinna, voohiloinna, voohiin, voohiloin
exessive1) voohent voohint, voohiloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “воги”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 679