Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *rankka.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈrɑŋkːɑ/, [ˈrɑŋkːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋkːɑ
  • Hyphenation: rank‧kõ

Adjective

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rankkõ

  1. tough, difficult, hard, grave

Inflection

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Declension of rankkõ (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative rankkõ rankõd
genitive ranka rankkojõ, rankkoi
partitive rankka rankkoitõ, rankkoi
illative rankkasõ, rankka rankkoisõ
inessive rankõz rankkoiz
elative rankõssõ rankkoissõ
allative rankõlõ rankkoilõ
adessive rankõllõ rankkoillõ
ablative rankõltõ rankkoiltõ
translative rankõssi rankkoissi
*) 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) “rankka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn