Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *nahka.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈnɑhkɑ/, [ˈnɑxkə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhkɑ
  • Hyphenation: nah‧kõ

Noun

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nahkõ

  1. skin
  2. leather

Inflection

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Declension of nahkõ (type III/jalkõ, hk-hg gradation)
singular plural
nominative nahkõ nahgõd
genitive nahga nahkojõ, nahkoi
partitive nahka nahkoitõ, nahkoi
illative nahkasõ, nahka nahkoisõ
inessive nahgõz nahkoiz
elative nahgõssõ nahkoissõ
allative nahgõlõ nahkoilõ
adessive nahgõllõ nahkoillõ
ablative nahgõltõ nahkoiltõ
translative nahgõssi nahkoissi
*) 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) “nahka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn