nelʹlʹe

Votic

Votic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : nelʹlʹe
    Ordinal : nelʹlʹez

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *neljä, from Proto-Uralic *neljä.

Numeral

nelʹlʹe

  1. four

Inflection

Declension of nelʹlʹe (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative nelʹlʹe nelʹlʹed
genitive nelʹlʹä nelʹlʹije, nelʹlʹi
partitive nelʹlʹä nelʹlʹite, nelʹlʹi
illative nelʹlʹä, nelʹlʹäse nelʹlʹije, nelʹlʹise
inessive nelʹlʹez nelʹlʹiz
elative nelʹlʹesse nelʹlʹisse
allative nelʹlʹele nelʹlʹile
adessive nelʹlʹelle nelʹlʹille
ablative nelʹlʹelte nelʹlʹilte
translative nelʹlʹessi nelʹlʹissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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