ёлко

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Eastern Mari

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ёлка (jólka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjolko/
  • Rhymes: -olko
  • Hyphenation: ёл‧ко

Noun

ёлко (jjolko)

  1. Christmas tree (in Mari El used for New Year's)
  2. New Year's celebration
    таче мемнан клубышто ёлко лиеш
    tače memnan klubyšto jjolko ĺiješ
    there will be a new year's celebration at our club today

Declension

Declension of ёлко
singular plural
nominative ёлко (jjolko) ёлко-влак (jjolko-vlak)
accusative ёлкым (jjolkym) ёлко-влакым (jjolko-vlakym)
genitive ёлкын (jjolkyn) ёлко-влакын (jjolko-vlakyn)
dative ёлкылан (jjolkylan) ёлко-влаклан (jjolko-vlaklan)
comitative ёлкыге (jjolkyge) ёлко-влакге (jjolko-vlakge)
comparative ёлкыла (jjolkyla) ёлко-влакла (jjolko-vlakla)
inessive ёлкышто (jjolkyšto) ёлко-влакыште (jjolko-vlakyšte)
illative (short) ёлкыш (jjolkyš) ёлко-влакыш (jjolko-vlakyš)
illative (long) ёлкышко (jjolkyško) ёлко-влакышке (jjolko-vlakyške)
lative ёлкеш (jjolkeš) ёлко-влакеш (jjolko-vlakeš)
Possessed forms of ёлко
singular plural
1st person ёлкем (jjolkem) ёлкына (jjolkyna)
2nd person ёлкет (jjolket) ёлкыда (jjolkyda)
3rd person ёлкыжо (jjolkyžo) ёлкышт (jjolkyšt)

References

  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “ёлко”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna