koffi

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Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кофе (kofe).

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkofːi/,
  • Rhymes: -ofːi
  • Hyphenation: kof‧fi

Noun

koffi

  1. coffee

Inflection

Declension of koffi (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative koffi koffid
genitive koffi koffijõ, koffii
partitive koffia koffiitõ, koffii
illative koffisõ, koffi koffiisõ
inessive koffiz koffiiz
elative koffissõ koffiissõ
allative koffilõ koffiilõ
adessive koffillõ koffiillõ
ablative koffiltõ koffiiltõ
translative koffissi koffiissi
*) 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.
Declension of koffi (type II/võrkko, ff-f gradation)
singular plural
nominative koffi kofid
genitive kofi koffijõ, koffii
partitive koffia koffiitõ, koffii
illative koffisõ, koffi koffiisõ
inessive kofiz koffiiz
elative kofissõ koffiissõ
allative kofilõ koffiilõ
adessive kofillõ koffiillõ
ablative kofiltõ koffiiltõ
translative kofissi koffiissi
*) 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) “koffi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn