varpõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *varpa.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑrpɑ/, [ˈvɑrpə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrpɑ
  • Hyphenation: var‧põ

Noun

varpõ

  1. twig
  2. leaf stalk, petiole

Inflection

Declension of varpõ (type III/jalkõ, p-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative varpõ varvõd
genitive varva varpojõ, varpoi
partitive varpa varpoitõ, varpoi
illative varpasõ, varpa varpoisõ
inessive varvõz varpoiz
elative varvõssõ varpoissõ
allative varvõlõ varpoilõ
adessive varvõllõ varpoillõ
ablative varvõltõ varpoiltõ
translative varvõssi varpoissi
*) 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), “varpa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn