tappurõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tappura.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtɑpːurɑ/, [ˈtɑpːurə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpːurɑ
  • Hyphenation: tap‧pu‧rõ

Noun

tappurõ

  1. (usually in the plural) oakum, tow (short bundles of fibers)

Inflection

Declension of tappurõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tappurõ tappurõd
genitive tappura tappurojõ, tappuroi
partitive tappura tappuroitõ, tappuroi
illative tappurasõ, tappura tappuroisõ
inessive tappurõz tappuroiz
elative tappurõssõ tappuroissõ
allative tappurõlõ tappuroilõ
adessive tappurõllõ tappuroillõ
ablative tappurõltõ tappuroiltõ
translative tappurõssi tappuroissi
*) 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), “tappura”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn