Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *tilkka.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtilkːɑ/, [ˈtʲiɫkːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ilkːɑ
  • Hyphenation: tilk‧kõ

Noun edit

tilkkõ

  1. dash, drop (of liquid)

Inflection edit

Declension of tilkkõ (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative tilkkõ tilkõd
genitive tilka tilkkojõ, tilkkoi
partitive tilkka tilkkoitõ, tilkkoi
illative tilkkasõ, tilkka tilkkoisõ
inessive tilkõz tilkkoiz
elative tilkõssõ tilkkoissõ
allative tilkõlõ tilkkoilõ
adessive tilkõllõ tilkkoillõ
ablative tilkõltõ tilkkoiltõ
translative tilkõssi tilkkoissi
*) 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) “tilkka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn