puukki

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Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ingrian puukki.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpuːkːi/,
  • Rhymes: -uːkːi
  • Hyphenation: puuk‧ki

Noun

puukki

  1. tick (bug)

Inflection

Declension of puukki (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative puukki puukid
genitive puuki puukkojõ, puukkoi
partitive puukkia puukkoitõ, puukkoi
illative puukkisõ, puukki puukkoisõ
inessive puukiz puukkoiz
elative puukissõ puukkoissõ
allative puukilõ puukkoilõ
adessive puukillõ puukkoillõ
ablative puukiltõ puukkoiltõ
translative puukissi puukkoissi
*) 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) “puukki”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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