ӧвӧл

Udmurt

Alternative forms

• эвөл (evål) — Beserman
• ӧвӧнь (övöń)

Etymology

The initial element ӧ- (аб- in Komi-Zyrian) is related to Finnish epä-, Estonian eba- and Moksha аф (af). The latter element -вӧл ultimately derives from Proto-Permic *vɔ̇lni (“to be”), from Proto-Uralic *wole- (“to be, exist”).

Permic cognates include Komi-Zyrian абу (abu) and Komi-Permyak абу (abu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɘˈʋɘl]
• Rhymes: -ɘl
• Hyphenation: ӧвӧл

Particle

ӧвӧл • (övöl)

1. no

   Antonym: бен (ben)

   ӵуказе пуксён-а? ӧвӧл, ӵуказе вирнунал

   čukaźe pukśon-a? övöl, čukaźe virnunal

   is tomorrow Tuesday? no, tomorrow is Wednesday

Predicative

ӧвӧл • (övöl)

1. there is/are not/no

   Antonym: вань (vań)

   соос ӟучъёс ӧвӧл, нош удмуртъёс

   soos dźućjos övöl, noš udmurtjos

   they are not Russians, but Udmurts

   мынам дыры ӧвӧл

   mynam dyry övöl

   I don't have time (lit. my time is not)

Derived terms

nouns

• ӧвӧллык (övöllyk)

verbs

• ӧвӧлмыны (övölmyny)
• ӧвӧлтыны (övöltyny)

References

• L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “ӧвӧл”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 501
• Yrjö Wichmann; Toivo Emil Uotila (1987), Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 54
• A. Butolina, editor (1942), Русско-Удмуртский словарь [Russian-Udmurt dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртгосиздат, page 220