rihi

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *riihi.

Pronunciation
  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈrihi/, [ˈrihi]
  • Rhymes: -ihi
  • Hyphenation: ri‧hi

Noun

rihi

  1. house, cabin, cottage
  2. main room, living room
  3. grain drying and threshing cabin

Inflection
Declension of rihi (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative rihi rihed
genitive rihe rihije, rihi
partitive rihte rihite, rihi
illative rihhe, rihhese rihije, rihise
inessive rihez rihiz
elative rihesse rihisse
allative rihele rihile
adessive rihelle rihille
ablative rihelte rihilte
translative rihessi rihissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References
  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “rihi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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