Votic

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Etymology

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maa +‎ kangõz

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːˌkɑŋɡɑz/, [ˈmɑːˌkɑŋɡə̠z̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋɡɑz̥
  • Hyphenation: maa‧kan‧gõz

Noun

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maakangõz

  1. floormat, carpet, rug

Inflection

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Declension of maakangõz (type XIV/ammõz, nk-ng gradation)
singular plural
nominative maakangõz maakankad
genitive maakanka maakankajõ, maakankai
partitive maakangõssõ maakankaitõ, maakankai
illative maakankasõ, maakanka maakankaisõ
inessive maakankaz maakankaiz
elative maakankassõ maakankaissõ
allative maakankalõ maakankailõ
adessive maakankallõ maakankaillõ
ablative maakankaltõ maakankailtõ
translative maakankassi maakankaissi
*) 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) “maakangaz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn