Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *kokka.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkokːɑ/, [ˈkokːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -okːɑ
  • Hyphenation: kok‧kõ

Noun edit

kokkõ

  1. hook
  2. (in locative cases) crook, crooked position

Inflection edit

Declension of kokkõ (type V/poikõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative kokkõ kokad
genitive koka kokkijõ, kokkii
partitive kokka kokkiitõ, kokkii
illative kokkasõ, kokka kokkiisõ
inessive kokaz kokkiiz
elative kokassõ kokkiissõ
allative kokalõ kokkiilõ
adessive kokallõ kokkiillõ
ablative kokaltõ kokkiiltõ
translative kokassi kokkiissi
*) 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) “kokka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn