nelʹlʹe

Votic

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Votic numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: nelʹlʹe
    Ordinal: nelʹlʹez, nelʹlʹäiz

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *neljä, from Proto-Uralic *neljä.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈneʎːæ/, [ˈnʲeʎːə̟]
  • (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈneʎːæ/, [ˈneʎʲː]
  • Rhymes: -eʎːæ
  • Hyphenation: nelʹ‧lʹe

Numeral

nelʹlʹe

  1. four

Inflection

Declension of nelʹlʹe (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative nelʹlʹe nelʹlʹed
genitive nelʹlʹä nelʹlʹije, nelʹlʹii
partitive nelʹlʹä nelʹlʹiite, nelʹlʹii
illative nelʹlʹäse, nelʹlʹä nelʹlʹiise
inessive nelʹlʹez nelʹlʹiiz
elative nelʹlʹesse nelʹlʹiisse
allative nelʹlʹele nelʹlʹiile
adessive nelʹlʹelle nelʹlʹiille
ablative nelʹlʹelte nelʹlʹiilte
translative nelʹlʹessi nelʹlʹiissi
*) 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), “nellä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn