vahvõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vahva.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑhvɑ/, [ˈvɑhvə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhvɑ
  • Hyphenation: vah‧võ

Adjective

vahvõ

  1. strong
  2. firm
  3. sturdy

Inflection

Declension of vahvõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vahvõ vahvõd
genitive vahva vahvojõ, vahvoi
partitive vahva vahvoitõ, vahvoi
illative vahvasõ, vahva vahvoisõ
inessive vahvõz vahvoiz
elative vahvõssõ vahvoissõ
allative vahvõlõ vahvoilõ
adessive vahvõllõ vahvoillõ
ablative vahvõltõ vahvoiltõ
translative vahvõssi vahvoissi
*) 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) “vahva”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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