Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kulma.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkulmɑ/, [ˈkuɫmə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ulmɑ
  • Hyphenation: kul‧mõ

Noun

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kulmõ

  1. corner of the eye

Inflection

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Declension of kulmõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kulmõ kulmõd
genitive kulma kulmijõ, kulmii
partitive kulma kulmiitõ, kulmii
illative kulmasõ, kulma kulmiisõ
inessive kulmõz kulmiiz
elative kulmõssõ kulmiissõ
allative kulmõlõ kulmiilõ
adessive kulmõllõ kulmiillõ
ablative kulmõltõ kulmiiltõ
translative kulmõssi kulmiissi
*) 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) “kulma”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn