Votic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian лавка (lavka).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlɑfkɑ/, [ˈɫɑfkə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑfkɑ
  • Hyphenation: laf‧kõ

Noun edit

lafkõ

  1. shop, store

Inflection edit

Declension of lafkõ (type III/jalkõ, fk-vg gradation)
singular plural
nominative lafkõ lavgõd
genitive lavga lafkojõ, lafkoi
partitive lafka lafkoitõ, lafkoi
illative lafkasõ, lafka lafkoisõ
inessive lavgõz lafkoiz
elative lavgõssõ lafkoissõ
allative lavgõlõ lafkoilõ
adessive lavgõllõ lafkoillõ
ablative lavgõltõ lafkoiltõ
translative lavgõssi lafkoissi
*) 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) “laafka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn