Votic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Estonian kits.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkit͡sːi/, [ˈkʲit͡sːi]
  • Rhymes: -it͡sːi
  • Hyphenation: kit‧tsi

Noun edit

kittsi

  1. goat

Inflection edit

Declension of kittsi (type II/võrkko, tts-ts gradation)
singular plural
nominative kittsi kitsid
genitive kitsi kittsije, kittsii
partitive kittsiä kittsiite, kittsii
illative kittsise, kittsi kittsiise
inessive kitsiz kittsiiz
elative kitsisse kittsiisse
allative kitsile kittsiile
adessive kitsille kittsiille
ablative kitsilte kittsiilte
translative kitsissi kittsiissi
*) 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 edit

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