Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian бок (bok).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈbokːɑ/, [ˈbokːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -okːɑ
  • Hyphenation: bok‧kõ

Noun

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bokkõ

  1. side

Inflection

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Declension of bokkõ (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative bokkõ bokad
genitive boka bokkojõ, bokkoi
partitive bokka bokkoitõ, bokkoi
illative bokkasõ, bokka bokkoisõ
inessive bokaz bokkoiz
elative bokassõ bokkoissõ
allative bokalõ bokkoilõ
adessive bokallõ bokkoillõ
ablative bokaltõ bokkoiltõ
translative bokassi bokkoissi
*) 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

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