Votic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian ро́зга (rózga).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈroːskɑ/, [ˈroːskə̠]
  • Rhymes: -oːskɑ
  • Hyphenation: roos‧kõ

Noun edit

rooskõ

  1. whip, crop

Inflection edit

Declension of rooskõ (type V/poikõ, sk-zg gradation)
singular plural
nominative rooskõ roozgõd
genitive roozga rooskijõ, rooskii
partitive rooska rooskiitõ, rooskii
illative rooskasõ, rooska rooskiisõ
inessive roozgõz rooskiiz
elative roozgõssõ rooskiissõ
allative roozgõlõ rooskiilõ
adessive roozgõllõ rooskiillõ
ablative roozgõltõ rooskiiltõ
translative roozgõssi rooskiissi
*) 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) “rooska”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn