Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old East Slavic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈloːkːɑ/, [ˈɫoːkːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -oːkːɑ
  • Hyphenation: look‧kõ

Noun

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lookkõ

  1. shaft bow
  2. arch
  3. bow (weapon)

Inflection

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Declension of lookkõ (type V/poikõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative lookkõ lookõd
genitive looka lookkijõ, lookkii
partitive lookka lookkiitõ, lookkii
illative lookkasõ, lookka lookkiisõ
inessive lookõz lookkiiz
elative lookõssõ lookkiissõ
allative lookõlõ lookkiilõ
adessive lookõllõ lookkiillõ
ablative lookõltõ lookkiiltõ
translative lookõssi lookkiissi
*) 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) “lookka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn