Votic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *riita.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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riito

  1. quarrel, argument

Inflection

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Declension of riito (type II/võrkko, t-jj gradation)
singular plural
nominative riito riijjod
genitive riijjo riitojõ, riitoi
partitive riitoa riitoitõ, riitoi
illative riitosõ, riito riitoisõ
inessive riijjoz riitoiz
elative riijjossõ riitoissõ
allative riijjolõ riitoilõ
adessive riijjollõ riitoillõ
ablative riijjoltõ riitoiltõ
translative riijjossi riitoissi
*) 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) “riito”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn