mutkõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mutka.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmutkɑ/, [ˈmutkə̠]
• Rhymes: -utkɑ
• Hyphenation: mut‧kõ

Noun

mutkõ

1. (rare) turn, curve
2. (figuratively) trouble, snag, hitch

Adjective

mutkõ

1. (figuratively) mischievous

Inflection

Declension of mutkõ (type V/poikõ, tk-dg gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mutkõ	mudgõd
genitive	mudga	mutkijõ, mutkii
partitive	mutka	mutkiitõ, mutkii
illative	mutkasõ, mutka	mutkiisõ
inessive	mudgõz	mutkiiz
elative	mudgõssõ	mutkiissõ
allative	mudgõlõ	mutkiilõ
adessive	mudgõllõ	mutkiillõ
ablative	mudgõltõ	mutkiiltõ
translative	mudgõssi	mutkiissi
*) 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) “mutka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn