kajagõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kajaga. Related to Estonian kajakas.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑjɑɡɑ/, [ˈkɑʝɑɡə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑjɑɡɑ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ja‧gõ

Noun

kajagõ

  1. seagull

Inflection

Declension of kajagõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kajagõ kajagõd
genitive kajaga kajagijõ, kajagii
partitive kajaga kajagiitõ, kajagii
illative kajagasõ, kajaga kajagiisõ
inessive kajagõz kajagiiz
elative kajagõssõ kajagiissõ
allative kajagõlõ kajagiilõ
adessive kajagõllõ kajagiillõ
ablative kajagõltõ kajagiiltõ
translative kajagõssi kajagiissi
*) 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) “kajaga”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn