Votic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Russian кана́ва (kanáva).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kanavõ

  1. ditch, trench

Inflection

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Declension of kanavõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kanavõ kanavõd
genitive kanava kanavojõ, kanavoi
partitive kanava kanavoitõ, kanavoi
illative kanavasõ, kanava kanavoisõ
inessive kanavõz kanavoiz
elative kanavõssõ kanavoissõ
allative kanavõlõ kanavoilõ
adessive kanavõllõ kanavoillõ
ablative kanavõltõ kanavoiltõ
translative kanavõssi kanavoissi
*) 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

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