Votic edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*kelkā).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkelkːɑ/, [ˈkeɫkːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -elkːɑ
  • Hyphenation: kelk‧kõ

Noun edit

kelkkõ

  1. sled, sledge

Inflection edit

Declension of kelkkõ (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative kelkkõ kelkõd
genitive kelka kelkkojõ, kelkkoi
partitive kelkka kelkkoitõ, kelkkoi
illative kelkkasõ, kelkka kelkkoisõ
inessive kelkõz kelkkoiz
elative kelkõssõ kelkkoissõ
allative kelkõlõ kelkkoilõ
adessive kelkõllõ kelkkoillõ
ablative kelkõltõ kelkkoiltõ
translative kelkõssi kelkkoissi
*) 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) “kelkka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn