harʹokkõ

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian хорёк (xorjók, polecat). Cognates include Ingrian harjokka (polecat).

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /hɑˈrʲokːɑ/, [hɑˈrʲokːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -okːɑ
  • Hyphenation: ha‧rʹok‧kõ

Noun

harʹokkõ

  1. weasel

Inflection

Declension of harʹokkõ (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative harʹokkõ harʹokad
genitive harʹoka harʹokkojõ, harʹokkoi
partitive harʹokka harʹokkoitõ, harʹokkoi
illative harʹokkasõ, harʹokka harʹokkoisõ
inessive harʹokaz harʹokkoiz
elative harʹokassõ harʹokkoissõ
allative harʹokalõ harʹokkoilõ
adessive harʹokallõ harʹokkoillõ
ablative harʹokaltõ harʹokkoiltõ
translative harʹokassi harʹokkoissi
*) 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) “haŕokka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn