bukvõ

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian буква (bukva).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈbukvɑ/, [ˈbukvə̠]
• Rhymes: -ukvɑ
• Hyphenation: buk‧võ

Noun

bukvõ

1. letter (of an alphabet)

Inflection

Declension of bukvõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	bukvõ	bukvõd
genitive	bukva	bukvijõ, bukvii
partitive	bukva	bukviitõ, bukvii
illative	bukvasõ, bukva	bukviisõ
inessive	bukvõz	bukviiz
elative	bukvõssõ	bukviissõ
allative	bukvõlõ	bukviilõ
adessive	bukvõllõ	bukviillõ
ablative	bukvõltõ	bukviiltõ
translative	bukvõssi	bukviissi
*) 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) “bukva”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn