Venamaa

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Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

vena- +‎ maa, from Proto-Finnic *venät

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvenɑˌmɑː/, [ˈvenɑˌmɑː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: Ve‧na‧maa

Proper noun[edit]

Venamaa

  1. Russia

Inflection[edit]

Declension of maa (type I/maa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Venamaa
genitive Venamaa
partitive Venamaatõ
illative Venamahha, Venamahasõ
inessive Venamaaz
elative Venamaassõ
allative Venamaalõ
adessive Venamaallõ
ablative Venamaaltõ
translative Venamaassi
*) 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) “venamaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn