ruumõz

Votic

Alternative forms

• ruumiz (Mati)
• ruumõ (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ingrian ruumis, ruume. The forms with -õ- represent nativization; for the nativization of Ingrian -is as -õz, compare Ingrian jänis ~ Votic jänez, Ingrian varis ~ Votic varõz.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈruːmɤz/, [ˈruːmɤz̥]
• Rhymes: -uːmɤz̥
• Hyphenation: ruu‧mõz

Noun

ruumõz

1. body (of a human)
2. corpse, cadaver

Inflection

Declension of ruumõz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ruumõz	ruumõd
genitive	ruumõ	ruumõjõ
partitive	ruumõssõ	ruumõit
illative	ruumõ, ruumõsõ	ruumõisõ
inessive	ruumõz	ruumõiz
elative	ruumõss	ruumõiss
allative	ruumõllõ	ruumõillõ
adessive	ruumõll	ruumõill
ablative	ruumõlt	ruumõilt
translative	ruumõssi	ruumõissi
'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), “ruumiz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tallinn