Votian/Exessive

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Exessive ^[1]

	Singular
Exessive marker	-nta

The -n component of exessive has probably the same origin as the essive -na .

The suffix has a counterpart in Finnish (Savo and South-East ^[2]), Karelian , Estonian , Livonian and Ingrian dialects . ^[3]

No plural forms of exessive have been found.

The final vowel of this suffix is usually omitted in Pummala - Lempola dialect e.g. traktoristi-nD (" from the position of a tractor driver "), soлdatinD (" from army ").

Exessive was in active use mainly in Pummala - Lempola dialect.

It may express

leaving a certain condition or a job - e.g. tuli f a d́ e i kotŭò soлdati-nD (" Fadei came home leaving the life of a soldier. "), tuлe̮b ̮ vällɛ̆ä̀ karjuši-nD ("He'll quit his work as a herdsman."), sütšüzül̄ meneb ̮ vällɛ̆ä̀ traktoristi-nD (" He will leave the tractor driver's work this autumn. " Lempola ), tuli tervĭèssi läsivä-nD ("She has recovered (after being ill)." Pummala dialect).
Exessive of other dialects has been preserved mainly in adverbs - e.g. taka-nD (" from behind "), koto-nD ~ koto-nta (" from home ")

Votic of Ingria
- Western
  - Hill dialect: Exessive is a productive case mainly in the following dialects:
    - Pummala dialect
    - Lempola dialect