Votic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian самогонка (samogonka).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /sɑmɑˈɡoŋkɑ/, [sɑmɑˈɡoŋkə̠], /ˈsɑmɑɡoŋkɑ/, [ˈsɑmɑˌɡoŋkə̠]
  • Rhymes: -oŋkɑ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ma‧gon‧kõ

Noun edit

samagonkõ

  1. samogon, moonshine, strong homebrew alcohol

Inflection edit

Declension of samagonkõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative samagonkõ samagonkõd
genitive samagonka samagonkojõ, samagonkoi
partitive samagonka samagonkoitõ, samagonkoi
illative samagonkasõ, samagonka samagonkoisõ
inessive samagonkõz samagonkoiz
elative samagonkõssõ samagonkoissõ
allative samagonkõlõ samagonkoilõ
adessive samagonkõllõ samagonkoillõ
ablative samagonkõltõ samagonkoiltõ
translative samagonkõssi samagonkoissi
*) 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 edit

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