Votic edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognates include Finnish Saksa.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsɑksɑ/, [ˈsɑksə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑksɑ
  • Hyphenation: sak‧sõ

Noun edit

saksõ

  1. (uncountable) German (language)
  2. Synonym of saksõlain

Inflection edit

Declension of saksõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative saksõ saksõd
genitive saksa saksojõ, saksoi
partitive saksa saksoitõ, saksoi
illative saksasõ, saksa saksoisõ
inessive saksõz saksoiz
elative saksõssõ saksoissõ
allative saksõlõ saksoilõ
adessive saksõllõ saksoillõ
ablative saksõltõ saksoiltõ
translative saksõssi saksoissi
*) 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) “saksa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn