Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *vasikka.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑzikːɑ/, [ˈvɑzʲikːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑzikːɑ
  • Hyphenation: va‧zik‧kõ

Noun edit

vazikkõ

  1. calf (young cow)

Inflection edit

Declension of vazikkõ (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative vazikkõ vazikõd
genitive vazika vazikkojõ, vazikkoi
partitive vazikka vazikkoitõ, vazikkoi
illative vazikkasõ, vazikka vazikkoisõ
inessive vazikõz vazikkoiz
elative vazikõssõ vazikkoissõ
allative vazikõlõ vazikkoilõ
adessive vazikõllõ vazikkoillõ
ablative vazikõltõ vazikkoiltõ
translative vazikõssi vazikkoissi
*) 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) “vazikka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn