sitka

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *citkedä.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsitkɑː/, [ˈsʲitkɑ]
• Rhymes: -itkɑː
• Hyphenation: sit‧ka

Adjective

sitka

1. thick, viscous
2. hard, tough
3. persistent
4. strict, severe
5. stingy

Inflection

Declension of sitka (type VI/valka, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sitka	sitkad
genitive	sitka	sitkajõ, sitkai
partitive	sitkatõ	sitkaitõ, sitkai
illative	sitkasõ, sitka	sitkaisõ
inessive	sitkaz	sitkaiz
elative	sitkassõ	sitkaissõ
allative	sitkalõ	sitkailõ
adessive	sitkallõ	sitkaillõ
ablative	sitkaltõ	sitkailtõ
translative	sitkassi	sitkaissi
*) 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) “sitkõa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn