Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian пробка (probka).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpropkɑ/, [ˈpropkə̠]
  • Rhymes: -opkɑ
  • Hyphenation: prop‧kõ

Noun

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propkõ

  1. cork
  2. lid, top (of a bottle)
  3. plug, spigot, tap

Inflection

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Declension of propkõ (type III/jalkõ, pk-bg gradation)
singular plural
nominative propkõ probgõd
genitive probga propkojõ, propkoi
partitive propka propkoitõ, propkoi
illative propkasõ, propka propkoisõ
inessive probgõz propkoiz
elative probgõssõ propkoissõ
allative probgõlõ propkoilõ
adessive probgõllõ propkoillõ
ablative probgõltõ propkoiltõ
translative probgõssi propkoissi
*) 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) “propka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn