kanavõ

Votic

Alternative forms

• kanava

Etymology

From Russian кана́ва (kanáva).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑvɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑvə̠], /kɑˈnɑvɑ/, [kɑˈnɑvɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑvɑ, -ɑvɑ
• Hyphenation: ka‧na‧võ

Noun

kanavõ

1. ditch, trench

Inflection

Declension of kanavõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kanavõ	kanavõd
genitive	kanava	kanavojõ, kanavoi
partitive	kanava	kanavoitõ, kanavoi
illative	kanavasõ, kanava	kanavoisõ
inessive	kanavõz	kanavoiz
elative	kanavõssõ	kanavoissõ
allative	kanavõlõ	kanavoilõ
adessive	kanavõllõ	kanavoillõ
ablative	kanavõltõ	kanavoiltõ
translative	kanavõssi	kanavoissi
*) 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) “kanava”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn