vadʹdʹa

From the genitive or partitive singular of vadʹdʹõ (“pile, stake, stick”) (compare vadʹdʹalain), either because it is a symbol of the Votes, or alternatively originally as a geographical designation. Yet another theory compares it to the Baltic words for Germany (Latvian vāci (“Germans”), Lithuanian vókietis (“German”)) and posits a Baltic root *vāki̯ā with a meaning like “western land, the land off to the west”.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑɟːɑː/, [ˈvɑɟːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑɟːɑː
• Hyphenation: vadʹ‧dʹa

vadʹdʹa

1. Votic (language)

The following forms exist:

• the genitive singular and partitive singular, both vadʹdʹa (except in dialects without reduction where they are vadʹdʹaa)
• the translative singular vadʹdʹassi

vadʹdʹa

1. (not inflected) Votic

• → Estonian: vadja
• → Finnish: vatja
• → Ingrian: vadja

vadʹdʹa

1. alternative form of vadʹdʹõ (“pile”)

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