kavalõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kavala.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑvɑlɑ/, [ˈkɑvɑɫə]
  • Rhymes: -ɑvɑlɑ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧va‧lõ

Adjective

kavalõ

  1. sly, artful, cunning, treacherous

Inflection

Declension of kavalõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kavalõ kavalõd
genitive kavala kavalije, kavalijõ, kavali
partitive kavala kavalita, kavali
illative kavala, kavalasõ kavalije, kavalijõ, kavalisõ
inessive kavalõz kavaliz
elative kavalassõ kavalissõ
allative kavalalõõ kavalilõõ
adessive kavalallõ kavalillõ
ablative kavalaltõ kavaliltõ
translative kavalassi kavalissi
*) 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), kavala”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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