sʹalko

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sälko.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɑlko/, [ˈɕɑɫko]
• Rhymes: -ɑlko
• Hyphenation: sʹal‧ko

Noun

sʹalko

1. foal (young horse)

Inflection

Declension of sʹalko (type II/võrkko, k-g gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sʹalko	sʹalgod
genitive	sʹalgo	sʹalkojõ, sʹalkoi
partitive	sʹalkoa	sʹalkoitõ, sʹalkoi
illative	sʹalkosõ, sʹalko	sʹalkoisõ
inessive	sʹalgoz	sʹalkoiz
elative	sʹalgossõ	sʹalkoissõ
allative	sʹalgolõ	sʹalkoilõ
adessive	sʹalgollõ	sʹalkoillõ
ablative	sʹalgoltõ	sʹalkoiltõ
translative	sʹalgossi	sʹalkoissi
*) 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

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “sʹalko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn