kumpõ
Votic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kumpa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]kumpõ
Conjunction
[edit]kumpõ
- (relative) which, what (of two)
- (relative) the kind of ... that, ...
- kumpõ koirõ haukub, se nii tšiire eb purõ
- a barking dog never bites
- (literally, “the kind of dog that barks will not quickly bite”)
Inflection
[edit]| Declension of kumpõ (type V/poikõ, mp-mm gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kumpõ | kummõd |
| genitive | kumma | kumpijõ, kumpii |
| partitive | kumpa | kumpiitõ, kumpii |
| illative | kumpasõ, kumpa | kumpiisõ |
| inessive | kummõz | kumpiiz |
| elative | kummõssõ | kumpiissõ |
| allative | kummõlõ | kumpiilõ |
| adessive | kummõllõ | kumpiillõ |
| ablative | kummõltõ | kumpiiltõ |
| translative | kummõssi | kumpiissi |
| *) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn