vaahto

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vakto, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þwahtuz. Cognates include Estonian vaht, Ludian vuahte (foam, saliva).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑːhto/, [ˈʋɑːxt̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːhto
  • Syllabification(key): vaah‧to

Noun

vaahto

  1. foam
  2. froth
  3. head (foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages)
  4. (chiefly in compounds) mousse

Declension

Inflection of vaahto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative vaahto vaahdot
genitive vaahdon vaahtojen
partitive vaahtoa vaahtoja
illative vaahtoon vaahtoihin
singular plural
nominative vaahto vaahdot
accusative nom. vaahto vaahdot
gen. vaahdon
genitive vaahdon vaahtojen
partitive vaahtoa vaahtoja
inessive vaahdossa vaahdoissa
elative vaahdosta vaahdoista
illative vaahtoon vaahtoihin
adessive vaahdolla vaahdoilla
ablative vaahdolta vaahdoilta
allative vaahdolle vaahdoille
essive vaahtona vaahtoina
translative vaahdoksi vaahdoiksi
instructive vaahdoin
abessive vaahdotta vaahdoitta
comitative vaahtoineen
Possessive forms of vaahto (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person vaahtoni vaahtomme
2nd person vaahtosi vaahtonne
3rd person vaahtonsa

Derived terms

Compounds


Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vakto.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑːhto/, [ˈvɑːhto]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːhto
  • Hyphenation: vaah‧to

Noun

vaahto

  1. foam
  2. froth

Inflection

Declension of vaahto (type II/võrkko, ht-h gradation)
singular plural
nominative vaahto vaahod
genitive vaaho vaahtoje, vaahtojõ, vaahtoi
partitive vaahtoa vaahtoitõ, vaahtoi
illative vaahto, vaahtosõ vaahtoje, vaahtojõ, vaahtoisõ
inessive vaahoz vaahtoiz
elative vaahossõ vaahtoissõ
allative vaaholõ vaahtoilõ
adessive vaahollõ vaahtoillõ
ablative vaaholtõ vaahtoiltõ
translative vaahossi vaahtoissi
*) 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), vaahto”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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