Votian/Prolative

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Prolative

	Singular	Plural
Prolative marker	-tsen	-itsen

Pronunciation

Pronunciation of prolative morpheme varies according to vowel harmony -tsē̮, -tsē e.g. aлe̮tsē̮ (" (passing) below (something) " singular), ülitsē (" (passing) above (something) " plural)

Usage

Prolative has been preserved only in adverbs .

It may express

• passing via certain location - e.g. mānaлatsē̮   (" (passing) underground " ), maitsē (" via dry land " plural), meritsē (" via the sea " ), peritsē (" via the back-side " ), ümperitsē ("around" )

Other Finnic dialects

• Finnish dialects : yli-tse (" from above ")
• Karelian dialects : ala-t́t́š́i (" from below ")
• Vepsian dialects : ǵäŕvi-tši̮   (" via the lake ")
• Ingrian dialects : mai-tseG (" via the dry land ")
• Estonian Western dialects : üle-tsi (" upwards ")

See also

• Grammar of Votian dialects (syllabus)
• Plural

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