tarkkõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tarkka.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑrkːɑ/, [ˈtɑrkːə̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑrkːɑ
• Hyphenation: tark‧kõ

Adjective

tarkkõ

1. smart, clever
2. wise

Inflection

Declension of tarkkõ (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	tarkkõ	tarkõd
genitive	tarka	tarkkojõ, tarkkoi
partitive	tarkka	tarkkoitõ, tarkkoi
illative	tarkkasõ, tarkka	tarkkoisõ
inessive	tarkõz	tarkkoiz
elative	tarkõssõ	tarkkoissõ
allative	tarkõlõ	tarkkoilõ
adessive	tarkõllõ	tarkkoillõ
ablative	tarkõltõ	tarkkoiltõ
translative	tarkõssi	tarkkoissi
*) 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) “tarkka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn