Votic

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognates include Ingrian raaka (flail).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈrɑːkɑ/, [ˈrɑːkə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːkɑ
  • Hyphenation: raa‧kõ

Noun

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raakõ

  1. twig

Inflection

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Declension of raakõ (type III/jalkõ, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative raakõ raagõd
genitive raaga raakojõ, raakoi
partitive raaka raakoitõ, raakoi
illative raakasõ, raaka raakoisõ
inessive raagõz raakoiz
elative raagõssõ raakoissõ
allative raagõlõ raakoilõ
adessive raagõllõ raakoillõ
ablative raagõltõ raakoiltõ
translative raagõssi raakoissi
*) 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) “raaka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn