pakolain

Votic

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Finnish pakolainen. Analyzable as pako (escape) +‎ -lain.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpɑkolɑi̯n/, [ˈpɑkoɫɑi̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑkolɑi̯n
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ko‧lain

Noun

pakolain

  1. fugitive
  2. deserter
  3. stowaway

Inflection

Declension of pakolain (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative pakolain pakolaizõd
genitive pakolaizõ pakolaisiijõ, pakolaisii
partitive pakolaissõ pakolaisiitõ, pakolaisii
illative pakolaisõ, pakolaisõsõ pakolaisiisõ
inessive pakolaizõz pakolaisiiz
elative pakolaizõssõ pakolaisiissõ
allative pakolaizõlõ pakolaisiilõ
adessive pakolaizõllõ pakolaisiillõ
ablative pakolaizõltõ pakolaisiiltõ
translative pakolaizõssi pakolaisiissi
*) 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), “pakolain”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn