slifkõ

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian сливки (slivki).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈslifkɑ/, [ˈslifkə̠]
• Rhymes: -ifkɑ
• Hyphenation: slif‧kõ

Noun

slifkõ

1. (fresh) cream

Inflection

Declension of slifkõ (type III/jalkõ, fk-vg gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	slifkõ	slivgõd
genitive	slivga	slifkojõ, slifkoi
partitive	slifka	slifkoitõ, slifkoi
illative	slifkasõ, slifka	slifkoisõ
inessive	slivgõz	slifkoiz
elative	slivgõssõ	slifkoissõ
allative	slivgõlõ	slifkoilõ
adessive	slivgõllõ	slifkoillõ
ablative	slivgõltõ	slifkoiltõ
translative	slivgõssi	slifkoissi
*) 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) “slifka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn