Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *vakka.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑkːɑ/, [ˈvɑkːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑkːɑ
  • Hyphenation: vak‧kõ

Noun

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vakkõ

  1. basket
  2. box, case
  3. an old unit of measurement of dry volume, especially of grain

Inflection

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Declension of vakkõ (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative vakkõ vakad
genitive vaka vakkojõ, vakkoi
partitive vakka vakkoitõ, vakkoi
illative vakkasõ, vakka vakkoisõ
inessive vakaz vakkoiz
elative vakassõ vakkoissõ
allative vakalõ vakkoilõ
adessive vakallõ vakkoillõ
ablative vakaltõ vakkoiltõ
translative vakassi vakkoissi
*) 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) “vakka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn