roojõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rooja.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈroːʝɑ/, [ˈroːʝə]
  • Rhymes: -oːʝɑ
  • Hyphenation: roo‧jõ

Noun

roojõ

  1. dirt, mud

Adjective

roojõ

  1. dirty

Inflection

Declension of roojõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative roojõ roojõd
genitive rooja roojije, roojijõ, rooji
partitive rooja roojitõ, rooji
illative rooja, roojasõ roojije, roojijõ, roojisõ
inessive roojõz roojiz
elative roojõssõ roojissõ
allative roojõlõ roojilõ
adessive roojõllõ roojillõ
ablative roojõltõ roojiltõ
translative roojõssi roojissi
*) 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), rooja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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