valʹlʹu

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valju.

Pronunciation
  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑʎːu/, [ˈvɑʎːu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑʎːu
  • Hyphenation: valʹ‧lʹu

Adjective

valʹlʹu

  1. hard
  2. hard, strong, powerful (e.g. of wind or rain)
  3. hard, cold, stern (of a personality)

Inflection
Declension of valʹlʹu (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative valʹlʹu valʹlʹud
genitive valʹlʹu valʹlʹujõ, valʹlʹui
partitive valʹlʹua valʹlʹuitõ, valʹlʹui
illative valʹlʹusõ, valʹlʹu valʹlʹuisõ
inessive valʹlʹuz valʹlʹuiz
elative valʹlʹussõ valʹlʹuissõ
allative valʹlʹulõ valʹlʹuilõ
adessive valʹlʹullõ valʹlʹuillõ
ablative valʹlʹultõ valʹlʹuiltõ
translative valʹlʹussi valʹlʹuissi
*) 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) “valʹlʹu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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