ёлко

Buryat

Alternative scripts
Classical Mongolian [Term?]
Latin (1931–1936)a [Term?]
Latin (1937–1939)b joolko
Cyrillic ёлко
jolko
a Based on the southern Tsongol–Sartul dialect.
b Based on the eastern Khori dialect.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ёлка f (jólka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɔːl.kɔ/, [jɔːl.kʰɜ]
  • Hyphenation: ёл‧ко

Noun

ёлко • (jolko) (??? please provide spelling!)

  1. Christmas tree
    шэнэ жэлэй ёлкоšene želej jolko(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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)
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