Votian/Prolative

== Prolative ==

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 ")