Votic edit

Etymology edit

mettse +‎ kittsi

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmet͡sːæˌkit͡sːi/, [ˈmet͡sːə̟ˌkʲit͡sːi]
  • Rhymes: -it͡sːi
  • Hyphenation: met‧tse‧kit‧tsi

Noun edit

mettsekittsi

  1. roe deer

Inflection edit

Declension of mettsekittsi (type II/võrkko, tts-ts gradation)
singular plural
nominative mettsekittsi mettsekitsid
genitive mettsekitsi mettsekittsije, mettsekittsii
partitive mettsekittsiä mettsekittsiite, mettsekittsii
illative mettsekittsise, mettsekittsi mettsekittsiise
inessive mettsekitsiz mettsekittsiiz
elative mettsekitsisse mettsekittsiisse
allative mettsekitsile mettsekittsiile
adessive mettsekitsille mettsekittsiille
ablative mettsekitsilte mettsekittsiilte
translative mettsekitsissi mettsekittsiissi
*) 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) “mettsäkittsi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn