kavalõ

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Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kavala.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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kavalõ

  1. sly, artful, cunning, treacherous

Inflection

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Declension of kavalõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kavalõ kavalõd
genitive kavala kavalijõ, kavalii
partitive kavala kavaliitõ, kavalii
illative kavalasõ, kavala kavaliisõ
inessive kavalõz kavaliiz
elative kavalõssõ kavaliissõ
allative kavalõlõ kavaliilõ
adessive kavalõllõ kavaliillõ
ablative kavalõltõ kavaliiltõ
translative kavalõssi kavaliissi
*) 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

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