ivuz

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hibus.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈivuz/, [ˈivuz̥]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈivuz/, [ˈivuz̥]
• (Central Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈivuz/, [ˈivuz̥]
• (Eastern Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈivuz/, [ˈivuz̥]
• Rhymes: -ivuz̥
• Hyphenation: i‧vuz

Noun

ivuz

1. (single) hair, strand of hair

Inflection

Declension of ivuz (type XI/jänez, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ivuz	ivusõd
genitive	ivusõ	ivussijõ
partitive	ivussõ	ivussiit
illative	ivussõ, ivussõsõ	ivussiisõ
inessive	ivusõz	ivussiiz
elative	ivusõss	ivussiiss
allative	ivusõllõ	ivussiillõ
adessive	ivusõll	ivussiill
ablative	ivusõlt	ivussiilt
translative	ivusõssi	ivussiissi
'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects. *) 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

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “ivuz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tallinn