kavalõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kavala.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑvɑlɑ/, [ˈkɑvɑɫə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑvɑlɑ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧va‧lõ

Adjective

kavalõ

  1. sly, artful, cunning, treacherous

Inflection

Declension of kavalõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kavalõ kavalõd
genitive kavala kavalojõ, kavaloi
partitive kavala kavaloitõ, kavaloi
illative kavalasõ, kavala kavaloisõ
inessive kavalõz kavaloiz
elative kavalõssõ kavaloissõ
allative kavalõlõ kavaloilõ
adessive kavalõllõ kavaloillõ
ablative kavalõltõ kavaloiltõ
translative kavalõssi kavaloissi
*) 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), “kavala”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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