Votic

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈnukːɑ/, [ˈnukːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ukːɑ
  • Hyphenation: nuk‧kõ

Noun

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nukkõ

  1. end, tip
  2. peninsula

Inflection

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Declension of nukkõ (type V/poikõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative nukkõ nukad
genitive nuka nukkijõ, nukkii
partitive nukka nukkiitõ, nukkii
illative nukkasõ, nukka nukkiisõ
inessive nukaz nukkiiz
elative nukassõ nukkiissõ
allative nukalõ nukkiilõ
adessive nukallõ nukkiillõ
ablative nukaltõ nukkiiltõ
translative nukassi nukkiissi
*) 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) “nukka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn