arkõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arka.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrkɑ/, [ˈɑrkə̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑrkɑ
• Hyphenation: ar‧kõ

Adjective

arkõ

1. shy, timid
2. sensitive, touchy

Inflection

Declension of arkõ (type III/jalkõ, k-g gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	arkõ	argõd
genitive	arga	arkojõ, arkoi
partitive	arka	arkoitõ, arkoi
illative	arkasõ, arka	arkoisõ
inessive	argõz	arkoiz
elative	argõssõ	arkoissõ
allative	argõlõ	arkoilõ
adessive	argõllõ	arkoillõ
ablative	argõltõ	arkoiltõ
translative	argõssi	arkoissi
*) 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

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “arka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn