virkõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *virka.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvirkɑ/, [ˈvʲirkə̠]
• Rhymes: -irkɑ
• Hyphenation: vir‧kõ

Noun

virkõ

1. chain of beads

Inflection

Declension of virkõ (type III/jalkõ, k-g gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	virkõ	virgõd
genitive	virga	virkojõ, virkoi
partitive	virka	virkoitõ, virkoi
illative	virkasõ, virka	virkoisõ
inessive	virgõz	virkoiz
elative	virgõssõ	virkoissõ
allative	virgõlõ	virkoilõ
adessive	virgõllõ	virkoillõ
ablative	virgõltõ	virkoiltõ
translative	virgõssi	virkoissi
*) 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) “virka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn