kultõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kulta.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkultɑ/, [ˈkuɫtə̠]
• Rhymes: -ultɑ
• Hyphenation: kul‧tõ

Noun

kultõ

1. gold
2. (folk poetic) Term of endearment.

Inflection

Declension of kultõ (type V/poikõ, lt-ll gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kultõ	kullõd
genitive	kulla	kultijõ, kultii
partitive	kulta	kultiitõ, kultii
illative	kultasõ, kulta	kultiisõ
inessive	kullõz	kultiiz
elative	kullõssõ	kultiissõ
allative	kullõlõ	kultiilõ
adessive	kullõllõ	kultiillõ
ablative	kullõltõ	kultiiltõ
translative	kullõssi	kultiissi
*) 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

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