Votic edit

Etymology edit

From koivu. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkoi̯vuzikːo/, [ˈkoi̯vuˌzʲikːo]
  • Rhymes: -ikːo
  • Hyphenation: koi‧vu‧zik‧ko

Noun edit

koivuzikko

  1. birch forest

Inflection edit

Declension of koivuzikko (type II/võrkko, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative koivuzikko koivuzikod
genitive koivuziko koivuzikkojõ, koivuzikkoi
partitive koivuzikkoa koivuzikkoitõ, koivuzikkoi
illative koivuzikkosõ, koivuzikko koivuzikkoisõ
inessive koivuzikoz koivuzikkoiz
elative koivuzikossõ koivuzikkoissõ
allative koivuzikolõ koivuzikkoilõ
adessive koivuzikollõ koivuzikkoillõ
ablative koivuzikoltõ koivuzikkoiltõ
translative koivuzikossi koivuzikkoissi
*) 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) “koivuzikko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn