äjje
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *äijä.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈæʝːæ/, [ˈæʝːə]
- Rhymes: -æʝːæ
- Hyphenation: äj‧je
Noun
äjje
- father-in-law
- grandfather
Inflection
| Declension of äjje (type VIII/päive, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | äjje | äjjed |
| genitive | äjjä | äjjije, äjji |
| partitive | äjjä | äjjite, äjji |
| illative | äjjä, äjjäse | äjjije, äjjise |
| inessive | äjjez | äjjiz |
| elative | äjjesse | äjjisse |
| allative | äjjele | äjjile |
| adessive | äjjelle | äjjille |
| ablative | äjjelte | äjjilte |
| translative | äjjessi | äjjissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “äjjä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn