Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian внук (vnuk).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvunukːɑ/, [ˈvunukːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -unukːɑ
  • Hyphenation: vu‧nuk‧kõ

Noun

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vunukkõ

  1. grandson
  2. (in the plural) grandchildren

Inflection

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Declension of vunukkõ (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative vunukkõ vunukõd
genitive vunuka vunukkojõ, vunukkoi
partitive vunukka vunukkoitõ, vunukkoi
illative vunukkasõ, vunukka vunukkoisõ
inessive vunukõz vunukkoiz
elative vunukõssõ vunukkoissõ
allative vunukõlõ vunukkoilõ
adessive vunukõllõ vunukkoillõ
ablative vunukõltõ vunukkoiltõ
translative vunukõssi vunukkoissi
*) 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) “vunukka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn