koirõ
Votic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *koira (“(male) dog”), from Proto-Uralic *kojera (“male animal”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]koirõ
Inflection
[edit]| Declension of koirõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | koirõ | koirõd |
| genitive | koira | koirijõ, koirii |
| partitive | koira | koiriitõ, koirii |
| illative | koirasõ, koira | koiriisõ |
| inessive | koirõz | koiriiz |
| elative | koirõssõ | koiriissõ |
| allative | koirõlõ | koiriilõ |
| adessive | koirõllõ | koiriillõ |
| ablative | koirõltõ | koiriiltõ |
| translative | koirõssi | koiriissi |
| *) 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) “koira”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn