Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *pihka.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpihkɑ/, [ˈpʲixkə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ihkɑ
  • Hyphenation: pih‧kõ

Noun edit

pihkõ

  1. resin (of coniferous trees, etc.)

Inflection edit

Declension of pihkõ (type III/jalkõ, hk-hg gradation)
singular plural
nominative pihkõ pihgõd
genitive pihga pihkojõ, pihkoi
partitive pihka pihkoitõ, pihkoi
illative pihkasõ, pihka pihkoisõ
inessive pihgõz pihkoiz
elative pihgõssõ pihkoissõ
allative pihgõlõ pihkoilõ
adessive pihgõllõ pihkoillõ
ablative pihgõltõ pihkoiltõ
translative pihgõssi pihkoissi
*) 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) “pihka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn