Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *akana.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑkɑnɑ/, [ˈɑkɑnə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑkɑnɑ
  • Hyphenation: a‧ka‧nõ

Noun edit

akanõ

  1. husk, chaff

Inflection edit

Declension of akanõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative akanõ akanõd
genitive akana akanojõ, akanoi
partitive akana akanoitõ, akanoi
illative akanaasõ, akana akanoisõ
inessive akanõz akanoiz
elative akanassõ akanoissõ
allative akanalõõ akanoilõ
adessive akanallõ akanoillõ
ablative akanaltõ akanoiltõ
translative akanassi akanoissi
*) 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) “akana”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn