mettsekana

Votic

Etymology

mettse +‎ kana

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmet͡sːæˌkɑnɑ/, [ˈmet͡sːə̟ˌkɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation: met‧tse‧ka‧na

Noun

mettsekana

1. willow grouse

Inflection

Declension of mettsekana (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mettsekana	mettsekanad
genitive	mettsekanaa	mettsekanojõ, mettsekanoi
partitive	mettsekanna	mettsekanoitõ, mettsekanoi
illative	mettsekannasõ, mettsekanna	mettsekanoisõ
inessive	mettsekanaz	mettsekanoiz
elative	mettsekanassõ	mettsekanoissõ
allative	mettsekanalõ	mettsekanoilõ
adessive	mettsekanallõ	mettsekanoillõ
ablative	mettsekanaltõ	mettsekanoiltõ
translative	mettsekanassi	mettsekanoissi
*) 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) “mettsäkana”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn