Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *sarka.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsɑrkɑ/, [ˈsɑrkə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrkɑ
  • Hyphenation: sar‧kõ

Noun

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sarkõ

  1. patch, strip (of farmland)

Inflection

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Declension of sarkõ (type III/jalkõ, rk-rg gradation)
singular plural
nominative sarkõ sargõd
genitive sarga sarkojõ, sarkoi
partitive sarka sarkoitõ, sarkoi
illative sarkasõ, sarka sarkoisõ
inessive sargõz sarkoiz
elative sargõssõ sarkoissõ
allative sargõlõ sarkoilõ
adessive sargõllõ sarkoillõ
ablative sargõltõ sarkoiltõ
translative sargõssi sarkoissi
*) 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) “sarka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn