Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *nokka.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈnokːɑ/, [ˈnokːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -okːɑ
  • Hyphenation: nok‧kõ

Noun edit

nokkõ

  1. beak, bill

Inflection edit

Declension of nokkõ (type V/poikõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative nokkõ nokad
genitive noka nokkijõ, nokkii
partitive nokka nokkiitõ, nokkii
illative nokkasõ, nokka nokkiisõ
inessive nokaz nokkiiz
elative nokassõ nokkiissõ
allative nokalõ nokkiilõ
adessive nokallõ nokkiillõ
ablative nokaltõ nokkiiltõ
translative nokassi nokkiissi
*) 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) “nokka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn