looõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *loodëh.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈloːɤ/, [ˈɫoːɤ]
  • Rhymes: -oːɤ
  • Hyphenation: loo‧õ

Noun

looõ

  1. northwest

Inflection

Declension of looõ (type XIV/terve, t- gradation)
singular plural
nominative looõ lootõd
genitive lootõ lootõjõ, lootõi
partitive looõttõ lootõitõ, lootõi
illative lootõsõ, lootõ lootõisõ
inessive lootõz lootõiz
elative lootõssõ lootõissõ
allative lootõlõ lootõilõ
adessive lootõllõ lootõillõ
ablative lootõltõ lootõiltõ
translative lootõssi lootõissi
*) 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) “looõ”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn