Votic

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Finnic *kukka.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkukːɑ/, [ˈkukːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ukːɑ
  • Hyphenation: kuk‧kõ

Noun

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kukkõ

  1. flower
Inflection
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Declension of kukkõ (type V/poikõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative kukkõ kukad
genitive kuka kukkijõ, kukkii
partitive kukka kukkiitõ, kukkii
illative kukkasõ, kukka kukkiisõ
inessive kukaz kukkiiz
elative kukassõ kukkiissõ
allative kukalõ kukkiilõ
adessive kukallõ kukkiillõ
ablative kukaltõ kukkiiltõ
translative kukassi kukkiissi
*) 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.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkukːɤ/, [ˈkukːɤ]
  • Rhymes: -ukːɤ
  • Hyphenation: kuk‧kõ

Noun

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kukkõ

  1. Alternative form of kukko
Inflection
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Declension of kukkõ (type II/võrkko, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative kukkõ kukõd
genitive kukõ kukkõjõ, kukkõi
partitive kukkõa kukkõitõ, kukkõi
illative kukkõsõ, kukkõ kukkõisõ
inessive kukõz kukkõiz
elative kukõssõ kukkõissõ
allative kukõlõ kukkõilõ
adessive kukõllõ kukkõillõ
ablative kukõltõ kukkõiltõ
translative kukõssi kukkõissi
*) 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) “kukka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn