Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *kataga. Cognate with Estonian kadakas and Finnish kataja.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑtɑɡɑ/, [ˈkɑtɑɡə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtɑɡɑ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧gõ

Noun edit

katagõ

  1. juniper

Inflection edit

Declension of katagõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative katagõ katagõd
genitive kataga katagijõ, katagii
partitive kataga katagiitõ, katagii
illative katagasõ, kataga katagiisõ
inessive katagõz katagiiz
elative katagõssõ katagiissõ
allative katagõlõ katagiilõ
adessive katagõllõ katagiillõ
ablative katagõltõ katagiiltõ
translative katagõssi katagiissi
*) 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