Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *citkedä.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsitkɑː/, [ˈsʲitkɑ]
  • Rhymes: -itkɑː
  • Hyphenation: sit‧ka

Adjective edit

sitka

  1. thick, viscous
  2. hard, tough
  3. persistent
  4. strict, severe
  5. stingy

Inflection edit

Declension of sitka (type VI/valka, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sitka sitkad
genitive sitka sitkajõ, sitkai
partitive sitkatõ sitkaitõ, sitkai
illative sitkasõ, sitka sitkaisõ
inessive sitkaz sitkaiz
elative sitkassõ sitkaissõ
allative sitkalõ sitkailõ
adessive sitkallõ sitkaillõ
ablative sitkaltõ sitkailtõ
translative sitkassi sitkaissi
*) 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) “sitkõa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn