Votic edit

Etymology edit

mettse +‎ sika

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmet͡sːæˌsikɑ/, [ˈmet͡sːə̟ˌsʲikɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ikɑ
  • Hyphenation: met‧tse‧si‧ka

Noun edit

mettsesika

  1. badger
  2. boar, wild boar

Inflection edit

Declension of sika (type III/jalkõ, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative mettsesika mettsesigad
genitive mettsesiga mettsesikojõ, mettsesikoi
partitive mettsesikka mettsesikoitõ, mettsesikoi
illative mettsesikkasõ, mettsesikka mettsesikoisõ
inessive mettsesigaz mettsesikoiz
elative mettsesigassõ mettsesikoissõ
allative mettsesigalõ mettsesikoilõ
adessive mettsesigallõ mettsesikoillõ
ablative mettsesigaltõ mettsesikoiltõ
translative mettsesigassi mettsesikoissi
*) 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) “mettsäsika”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn