lammõz

Votic

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lambas, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlɑmːɑz/, [ˈɫɑmːə̠z̥]
  • (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈlɑmːɑz/, [ˈɫɑmːə̠z̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmːɑz̥
  • Hyphenation: lam‧mõz

Noun

lammõz

  1. sheep

Declension

Declension of lammõz (type XIV/ammõz, mp-mm gradation)
singular plural
nominative lammõz lampad
genitive lampa lampajõ, lampai
partitive lammõssõ lampaitõ, lampai
illative lampasõ, lampa lampaisõ
inessive lampaz lampaiz
elative lampassõ lampaissõ
allative lampalõ lampailõ
adessive lampallõ lampaillõ
ablative lampaltõ lampailtõ
translative lampassi lampaissi
*) 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), “lammaz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn