saunõ

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Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯nɑ/, [ˈsɑu̯nə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯nɑ
  • Hyphenation: sau‧nõ

Noun[edit]

saunõ

  1. sauna

Inflection[edit]

Declension of saunõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative saunõ saunõd
genitive sauna saunojõ, saunoi
partitive sauna saunoitõ, saunoi
illative saunasõ, sauna saunoisõ
inessive saunõz saunoiz
elative saunõssõ saunoissõ
allative saunõlõ saunoilõ
adessive saunõllõ saunoillõ
ablative saunõltõ saunoiltõ
translative saunõssi saunoissi
*) 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) “sauna”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn