itšä

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ikä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ikä. Cognates include Estonian iga, Finnish ikä, and Hungarian év.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈit͡ʃæ/, [ˈit͡ʃæ]
  • Rhymes: -it͡ʃæ

Noun

itšä

  1. age
  2. lifetime

Inflection

Declension of itšä (type VIII/päive, k- gradation)
singular plural
nominative itšä iäd
genitive itšije, itši
partitive ittšä itšite, itši
illative ittšä, ittšäse itšije, itšise
inessive iäz itšiz
elative iässe itšisse
allative iäle itšile
adessive iälle itšille
ablative iälte itšilte
translative iässi itšissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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