jaani

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Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Particularly: “from Estonian jaan, jaanipäev?”

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈjɑːni/, [ˈʝɑːnʲi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːni
  • Hyphenation: jaa‧ni

Noun[edit]

jaani

  1. Midsummer Day

Inflection[edit]

Declension of jaani (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative jaani jaanid
genitive jaani jaanijõ, jaani
partitive jaania jaanitõ, jaani
illative jaanisõ, jaani jaanisõ
inessive jaaniz jaaniz
elative jaanissõ jaanissõ
allative jaanilõ jaanilõ
adessive jaanillõ jaanillõ
ablative jaaniltõ jaaniltõ
translative jaanissi jaanissi
*) 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[edit]

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