rooko

Ingrian

Rookoa (1).

Rooko (2).

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rooko. Cognates include Finnish ruoko and Estonian rook.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈroːko/, [ˈroːkŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈroːko/, [ˈro̝ːɡ̊o̞]
• Rhymes: -oːko
• Hyphenation: roo‧ko

Noun

rooko

1. reed
2. spindle

Declension

Declension of rooko (type 4/koivu, ook-oovv gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	rooko	roovvot
genitive	roovvon	rookoin, rookoloin
partitive	rookoa	rookoja, rookoloja
illative	rookoo	rookoi, rookoloihe
inessive	roovvoos	roovvois, rookolois
elative	roovvost	roovvoist, rookoloist
allative	roovvolle	roovvoille, rookoloille
adessive	roovvool	roovvoil, rookoloil
ablative	roovvolt	roovvoilt, rookoloilt
translative	roovvoks	roovvoiks, rookoloiks
essive	rookonna, rookoon	rookoinna, rookoloinna, rookoin, rookoloin
exessive1)	rookont	rookoint, rookoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• (all senses): rooku

Derived terms

• merirooko
• rookopilli
• rooku
• saksanrooko

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 487

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rooko.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈroːko/, [ˈroːko]
• Rhymes: -oːko
• Hyphenation: roo‧ko

Noun

rooko

1. reed, rush (plant)

Inflection

Declension of rooko (type II/võrkko, k-g gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	rooko	roogod
genitive	roogo	rookojõ, rookoi
partitive	rookoa	rookoitõ, rookoi
illative	rookosõ, rooko	rookoisõ
inessive	roogoz	rookoiz
elative	roogossõ	rookoissõ
allative	roogolõ	rookoilõ
adessive	roogollõ	rookoillõ
ablative	roogoltõ	rookoiltõ
translative	roogossi	rookoissi
*) 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) “rooko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn