metrõ

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Votic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian метр (metr).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmetrɑ/, [ˈmetrə̠]
  • Rhymes: -etrɑ
  • Hyphenation: met‧rõ

Noun[edit]

metrõ

  1. meter, metre

Inflection[edit]

Declension of metrõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative metrõ metrõd
genitive metra metrojõ, metroi
partitive metra metroitõ, metroi
illative metrasõ, metra metroisõ
inessive metrõz metroiz
elative metrõssõ metroissõ
allative metrõlõ metroilõ
adessive metrõllõ metroillõ
ablative metrõltõ metroiltõ
translative metrõssi metroissi
*) 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[edit]

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