tikkõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tikka.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tikkõ

1. woodpecker
2. woodboring bettle

Inflection

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

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