kumpõ

Votic

Alternative forms

• kump

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kumpa.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkumpɑ/, [ˈkumpə̠]
• Rhymes: -umpɑ
• Hyphenation: kum‧põ

Determiner

kumpõ

1. which, what (of two)

Conjunction

kumpõ

1. (relative) which, what (of two)
2. (relative) the kind of ... that, ...

   kumpõ koirõ haukub, se nii tšiire eb purõ

   a barking dog never bites

   (literally, “the kind of dog that barks will not quickly bite”)

Inflection

Declension of kumpõ (type V/poikõ, mp-mm gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kumpõ	kummõd
genitive	kumma	kumpijõ, kumpii
partitive	kumpa	kumpiitõ, kumpii
illative	kumpasõ, kumpa	kumpiisõ
inessive	kummõz	kumpiiz
elative	kummõssõ	kumpiissõ
allative	kummõlõ	kumpiilõ
adessive	kummõllõ	kumpiillõ
ablative	kummõltõ	kumpiiltõ
translative	kummõssi	kumpiissi
*) 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

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