Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *tikka.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtikːɑ/, [ˈtʲikːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ikːɑ
  • Hyphenation: tik‧kõ

Noun edit

tikkõ

  1. woodpecker
  2. woodboring bettle

Inflection edit

Declension of tikkõ (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative tikkõ tikad
genitive tika tikkojõ, tikkoi
partitive tikka tikkoitõ, tikkoi
illative tikkasõ, tikka tikkoisõ
inessive tikaz tikkoiz
elative tikassõ tikkoissõ
allative tikalõ tikkoilõ
adessive tikallõ tikkoillõ
ablative tikaltõ tikkoiltõ
translative tikassi tikkoissi
*) 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 edit

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “tikka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn