Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *penikka.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpenikːɑ/, [ˈpenʲikːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -enikːɑ
  • Hyphenation: pe‧nik‧kõ

Noun edit

penikkõ

  1. puppy

Inflection edit

Declension of penikkõ (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative penikkõ penikõd
genitive penika penikkojõ, penikkoi
partitive penikka penikkoitõ, penikkoi
illative penikkasõ, penikka penikkoisõ
inessive penikõz penikkoiz
elative penikõssõ penikkoissõ
allative penikõlõ penikkoilõ
adessive penikõllõ penikkoillõ
ablative penikõltõ penikkoiltõ
translative penikõssi penikkoissi
*) 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) “penikka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn