Votic

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Etymology

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soo +‎ -kaz

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsoːkɑz/, [ˈsoːkə̠z̥]
  • Rhymes: -oːkɑz̥
  • Hyphenation: soo‧kõz

Adjective

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sookõz

  1. swampy, boggy, marshy

Inflection

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Declension of sookõz (type XIV/ammõz, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative sookõz sookkad
genitive sookka sookkajõ, sookkai
partitive sookõssõ sookkaitõ, sookkai
illative sookkasõ, sookka sookkaisõ
inessive sookkaz sookkaiz
elative sookkassõ sookkaissõ
allative sookkalõ sookkailõ
adessive sookkallõ sookkaillõ
ablative sookkaltõ sookkailtõ
translative sookkassi sookkaissi
*) 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) “sookaz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn