kappõ

Votic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Finnish kappa, Ingrian kappa.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑpːɑ/, [ˈkɑpːə̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑpːɑ
• Hyphenation: kap‧põ

Noun

kappõ

1. vedro; a traditional unit for the volume of dry goods, e.g. grain
2. a wooden bucket used for bathing

Inflection

Declension of kappõ (type III/jalkõ, pp-p gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kappõ	kapad
genitive	kapa	kappojõ, kappoi
partitive	kappa	kappoitõ, kappoi
illative	kappasõ, kappa	kappoisõ
inessive	kapaz	kappoiz
elative	kapassõ	kappoissõ
allative	kapalõ	kappoilõ
adessive	kapallõ	kappoillõ
ablative	kapaltõ	kappoiltõ
translative	kapassi	kappoissi
*) 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) “kappa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn