Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *koira, from Proto-Uralic *kojra, *kojera, from Proto-Uralic base *koje- (male, human).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkoi̯rɑ/, [ˈkoi̯rə̠]
  • Rhymes: -oi̯rɑ
  • Hyphenation: koi‧rõ

Noun

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koirõ

  1. dog

Inflection

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Declension of koirõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative koirõ koirõd
genitive koira koirijõ, koirii
partitive koira koiriitõ, koirii
illative koirasõ, koira koiriisõ
inessive koirõz koiriiz
elative koirõssõ koiriissõ
allative koirõlõ koiriilõ
adessive koirõllõ koiriillõ
ablative koirõltõ koiriiltõ
translative koirõssi koiriissi
*) 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) “koira”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn