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 III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kajagõ kajagõd
genitive kajaga kajagojõ, kajagoi
partitive kajaga kajagoitõ, kajagoi
illative kajagasõ, kajaga kajagoisõ
inessive kajagõz kajagoiz
elative kajagõssõ kajagoissõ
allative kajagõlõ kajagoilõ
adessive kajagõllõ kajagoillõ
ablative kajagõltõ kajagoiltõ
translative kajagõssi kajagoissi
*) 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