orjõ

Votic

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from orja according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Votic or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *orja.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈorjɑ/, [ˈorʝə̠]
  • Rhymes: -orjɑ
  • Hyphenation: or‧jõ

Noun

orjõ

  1. servant
  2. slave
  3. serf

Inflection

Declension of orjõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative orjõ orjõd
genitive orja orjijõ, orjii
partitive orja orjiitõ, orjii
illative orjasõ, orja orjiisõ
inessive orjõz orjiiz
elative orjõssõ orjiissõ
allative orjõlõ orjiilõ
adessive orjõllõ orjiillõ
ablative orjõltõ orjiiltõ
translative orjõssi orjiissi
*) 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), “orja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn