/ˈvəʊdɪk/, /ˈvɒdɪk/, U.S. /ˈvoʊdɪk/, /ˈvɑdɪk/. Voticn.adj.
/ˈvəʊtɪk/, /ˈvɒtɪk/, U.S. /ˈvoʊdɪk/, /ˈvɑdɪk//ˈvəʊdɪk/, /ˈvɒdɪk/, U.S. /ˈvoʊdɪk/, /ˈvɑdɪk/. A. n.† 1. A member of a Finno-Ugric people inhabiting an area in north-western Russia near the Gulf of Finland; a Vote (see Vote n.2 1). Obsolete. rare.
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1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 219 The Chudic, a Slav term..now restricted to the Veps or northern Chud and the Votic or southern Chud, dwelling in scattered communities round the shores of Lake Onega.
2. The language of the Votes, belonging to the Balto-Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugric language family.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Uralic > [noun] > Samoyedic > Finno-Ugric > Finnic > Baltic Finnic languages > Votyak
Votyak1789
Votic1908
Udmurt1944
Vote1963
1908 T. G. Tucker Introd. Nat. Hist. Lang. viii. 132 Tchudic and the cognate dialects Vepsic and Votic, about Lake Onega.
1968 P. Ariste Gram. Votic Lang. 6 In Votic the intonation pattern of individual words remains at a nearly steady level for the entire length of the word.
2015 Eesti ja Soome-Ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri 11 24 The last speakers of Votic represent the western sub-dialectal group..that is currently spoken in two villages.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the Votes or their language.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Uralic > [adjective] > Samoyed > Finno-Ugric languages > Finnic > Baltic Finnic
Votyak1770
Votic1890
Livonian1954
Karelian1967
1890 Trübner's Rec. Feb. 189/2 In the year 1854 Ahlqvist studied the Votic language in the Government of St. Petersburg.
1968 P. Ariste Gram. Votic Lang. 2 In general, Votic vowels are pronounced with full articulation in whatever position they occur.
2004 Fenno-Ugristica 26 5 It is 6 kilometres from the Votic village Jõgõperä of Vaipoole to a nearest Finnish village.
2018 Preternature 7 61 Ingrian Finnish and Votic narratives similarly tell about the ‘forest’ itself or the ‘evil one’ leading people astray in the forest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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