mittõ

Livonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Estonian mitte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmitːə/, [ˈmit̪ːə]

Adverb

mittõ

  1. not (one), no-
    Synonym: mit
    mittõ ī’dtõno one
    mittõ midāgidnothing
    mittõ kunāgidnever
  2. not even

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “mittõ”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mitta.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmitːɑ/, [ˈmʲitːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -itːɑ
  • Hyphenation: mit‧tõ

Noun

mittõ

  1. measure
  2. scale, dimension

Inflection

Declension of mittõ (type III/jalkõ, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative mittõ mitad
genitive mita mittojõ, mittoi
partitive mitta mittoitõ, mittoi
illative mittasõ, mitta mittoisõ
inessive mitaz mittoiz
elative mitassõ mittoissõ
allative mitalõ mittoilõ
adessive mitallõ mittoillõ
ablative mitaltõ mittoiltõ
translative mitassi mittoissi
*) 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), “mitta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn