Votic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian мошка (moška).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmoʃkɑ/, [ˈmoʃkə̠]
  • Rhymes: -oʃkɑ
  • Hyphenation: moš‧kõ

Noun edit

moškõ

  1. midge

Inflection edit

Declension of moškõ (type III/jalkõ, šk-žg gradation)
singular plural
nominative moškõ možgõd
genitive možga moškojõ, moškoi
partitive moška moškoitõ, moškoi
illative moškasõ, moška moškoisõ
inessive možgõz moškoiz
elative možgõssõ moškoissõ
allative možgõlõ moškoilõ
adessive možgõllõ moškoillõ
ablative možgõltõ moškoiltõ
translative možgõssi moškoissi
*) 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) “moška”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn