eläje

Votic

Etymology

From elää + -je.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈelæjæ/, [ˈelæʝə̟]
  • Rhymes: -elæjæ
  • Hyphenation: e‧lä‧je

Noun

eläje

  1. inhabitant, human
  2. creature, animal

Inflection

Declension of eläje (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative eläje eläjed
genitive eläjä eläjije, eläjii
partitive eläjä eläjiite, eläjii
illative eläjääse, eläjä eläjiise
inessive eläjez eläjiiz
elative eläjässe eläjiisse
allative eläjälee eläjiile
adessive eläjälle eläjiille
ablative eläjälte eläjiilte
translative eläjässi eläjiissi
*) 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

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