Votic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian братко (bratko).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈbrɑtko/, [ˈbrɑtko]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtko
  • Hyphenation: brat‧ko

Noun edit

bratko

  1. brother
    Synonym: velli

Inflection edit

Declension of bratko (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative bratko bratkod
genitive bratko bratkojõ, bratkoi
partitive bratkoa bratkoitõ, bratkoi
illative bratkosõ, bratko bratkoisõ
inessive bratkoz bratkoiz
elative bratkossõ bratkoissõ
allative bratkolõ bratkoilõ
adessive bratkollõ bratkoillõ
ablative bratkoltõ bratkoiltõ
translative bratkossi bratkoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.
Declension of bratko (type II/võrkko, tk-dg gradation)
singular plural
nominative bratko bradgod
genitive bradgo bratkojõ, bratkoi
partitive bratkoa bratkoitõ, bratkoi
illative bratkosõ, bratko bratkoisõ
inessive bradgoz bratkoiz
elative bradgossõ bratkoissõ
allative bradgolõ bratkoilõ
adessive bradgollõ bratkoillõ
ablative bradgoltõ bratkoiltõ
translative bradgossi bratkoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References edit

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn