vabā

Livonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑbɑː/, [ˈvɑbɑː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Estonian vaba.

Adjective

vabā

  1. free (not restrained; independent)
Declension
Declension of vabā (39)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) vabā vabād
genitive (genitīv) vabā vabād
partitive (partitīv) va’bbõ vabīdi
dative (datīv) vabān vabādõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) vabāks vabādõks
illative (illatīv) va’bbõ vabīž
inessive (inesīv) vabās vabīs
elative (elatīv) vabāst vabīst

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *vapa.

Noun

vabā

  1. pole for drying fishing nets
Declension
Declension of vabā (39)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) vabā vabād
genitive (genitīv) vabā vabād
partitive (partitīv) va’bbõ vabīdi
dative (datīv) vabān vabādõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) vabāks vabādõks
illative (illatīv) va’bbõ vabīž
inessive (inesīv) vabās vabīs
elative (elatīv) vabāst vabīst
Descendants
  • → Latvian: vaba

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “vabā”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
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