Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian рак (rak).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈrɑːkːɑ/, [ˈrɑːkːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːkːɑ
  • Hyphenation: raak‧kõ

Noun

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raakkõ

  1. cancer (disease)

Inflection

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Declension of raakkõ (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative raakkõ raakõd
genitive raaka raakkojõ, raakkoi
partitive raakka raakkoitõ, raakkoi
illative raakkasõ, raakka raakkoisõ
inessive raakõz raakkoiz
elative raakõssõ raakkoissõ
allative raakõlõ raakkoilõ
adessive raakõllõ raakkoillõ
ablative raakõltõ raakkoiltõ
translative raakõssi raakkoissi
*) 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) “raakka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn