meeleto

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meelet'oin. Equivalent to meeli +‎ -too.

Pronunciation
  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmeːletoː/, [ˈmeːleto]
  • Rhymes: -eːletoː
  • Hyphenation: mee‧le‧to

Adjective

meeleto

  1. frenzied, out of one's mind
  2. mad, crazy

Inflection
Declension of meeleto (type XIII/seeme, tt-t gradation)
singular plural
nominative meeleto meelettomad
genitive meelettoma meelettomijõ, meelettomii
partitive meeletottõ meelettomiitõ, meelettomii
illative meelettomma, meelettommasõ meelettomiisõ
inessive meelettomaz meelettomiiz
elative meelettomassõ meelettomiissõ
allative meelettomalõ meelettomiilõ
adessive meelettomallõ meelettomiillõ
ablative meelettomaltõ meelettomiiltõ
translative meelettomassi meelettomiissi
*) 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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