arkõ

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arka.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑrkɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑrkɑ
  • Hyphenation: ar‧kõ

Adjective

arkõ

  1. shy, timid
  2. sensitive, touchy

Inflection

Declension of arkõ (type III/jalkõ, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative arkõ argõd
genitive arga arkojõ, arkoi
partitive arka arkoitõ, arkoi
illative arkasõ, arka arkoisõ
inessive argõz arkoiz
elative argõssõ arkoissõ
allative argõlõ arkoilõ
adessive argõllõ arkoillõ
ablative argõltõ arkoiltõ
translative argõssi arkoissi
*) 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) “arka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn