Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *poika, from Proto-Uralic *pojka.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯kɑ/, [ˈpoi̯kə̠]
  • Rhymes: -oi̯kɑ
  • Hyphenation: poi‧kõ

Noun

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poikõ

  1. son
  2. boy
    Synonym: pojo

Inflection

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Declension of poikõ (type V/poikõ, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative poikõ poigõd
genitive poiga poikijõ, poikii
partitive poika poikiitõ, poikii
illative poikasõ, poika poikiisõ
inessive poigõz poikiiz
elative poigõssõ poikiissõ
allative poigõlõ poikiilõ
adessive poigõllõ poikiillõ
ablative poigõltõ poikiiltõ
translative poigõssi poikiissi
*) 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) “poika”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn