Votic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian сапог (sapog).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /sɑːpˈpuɡɑ/, [sɑːpˈpuɡɑ], /ˈsɑːpːuɡɑ/, [ˈsɑːpːuɡə̠]
  • Rhymes: -uɡɑ, -ɑːpːuɡɑ
  • Hyphenation: saap‧pu‧gõ

Noun

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saappugõ

  1. boot (shoe)

Inflection

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Declension of saappugõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative saappugõ saappugõd
genitive saappuga saappugojõ, saappugoi
partitive saappuga saappugoitõ, saappugoi
illative saappugasõ, saappuga saappugoisõ
inessive saappugõz saappugoiz
elative saappugõssõ saappugoissõ
allative saappugõlõ saappugoilõ
adessive saappugõllõ saappugoillõ
ablative saappugõltõ saappugoiltõ
translative saappugõssi saappugoissi
*) 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) “saappaga”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn