Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian гайка (gajka).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑi̯kɑ/, [ˈɡɑi̯kə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi̯kɑ
  • Hyphenation: gai‧kõ

Noun

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gaikõ

  1. nut (fastener)

Inflection

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Declension of gaikõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative gaikõ gaikõd
genitive gaika gaikojõ, gaikoi
partitive gaika gaikoitõ, gaikoi
illative gaikasõ, gaika gaikoisõ
inessive gaikõz gaikoiz
elative gaikõssõ gaikoissõ
allative gaikõlõ gaikoilõ
adessive gaikõllõ gaikoillõ
ablative gaikõltõ gaikoiltõ
translative gaikõssi gaikoissi
*) 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) “gaika”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn