kunikõz

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kuningas.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkunikɑz/, [ˈkunʲikə̠z̥]
  • Rhymes: -unikɑz̥
  • Hyphenation: ku‧ni‧kõz

Noun

kunikõz

  1. king

Inflection

Declension of kunikõz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kunikõz kunikad
genitive kunika kunikajõ, kunikai
partitive kunikõssõ kunikaitõ, kunikai
illative kunikasõ, kunika kunikaisõ
inessive kunikaz kunikaiz
elative kunikassõ kunikaissõ
allative kunikalõ kunikailõ
adessive kunikallõ kunikaillõ
ablative kunikaltõ kunikailtõ
translative kunikassi kunikaissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn