saani

Ingrian

Saani.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian сани (sani).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːni/, [ˈs̠ɑːnʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːni/, [ˈʃɑːni]
• Rhymes: -ɑːnʲ, -ɑːni
• Hyphenation: saa‧ni

Noun

saani

1. sleigh for transporting people
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28:

     Jot talveel männä merelle proomьslaa, tali ostamaa tavaraa, tali panomaa kapkanaa zveeriä vart, cukca valjastaa saanii koirat.

     To go to sea to fish in the winter, or to sell goods, or to set a leg trap for animals, the Chukchi harnesses dogs into the sleigh.

Declension

Declension of saani (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	saani	saanit
genitive	saanin	saaniin, saaniloin
partitive	saania	saanija, saaniloja
illative	saanii	saanii, saaniloihe
inessive	saaniis	saaniis, saanilois
elative	saanist	saaniist, saaniloist
allative	saanille	saaniille, saaniloille
adessive	saaniil	saaniil, saaniloil
ablative	saanilt	saaniilt, saaniloilt
translative	saaniks	saaniiks, saaniloiks
essive	saaninna, saaniin	saaniinna, saaniloinna, saaniin, saaniloin
exessive1)	saanint	saaniint, saaniloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

See also

• kelkka, reki, saahka, nartat

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 511

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian сани (sani).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːni/, [ˈsɑːnʲi]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːni/, [ˈsɑːnʲi]
• (Central Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːni/, [ˈsɑːni]
• (Eastern Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːni/, [ˈsɑːni]
• Rhymes: -ɑːni
• Hyphenation: saa‧ni

Noun

saani

1. sleigh, sledge, sled

Inflection

Declension of saani (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	saani	saanid
genitive	saani	saanijõ
partitive	saania	saaniit
illative	saani, saanisõ	saaniisõ
inessive	saaniz	saaniiz
elative	saaniss	saaniiss
allative	saanillõ	saaniillõ
adessive	saanill	saaniill
ablative	saanilt	saaniilt
translative	saanissi	saaniissi
'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), “saani”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tallinn