kansõ

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ingrian kansa.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnsɑ/, [ˈkɑnsə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnsɑ
  • Hyphenation: kan‧sõ

Noun

kansõ

  1. people, nation

Inflection

Declension of kansõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kansõ kansõd
genitive kansa kansojõ, kansoi
partitive kansa kansoitõ, kansoi
illative kansasõ, kansa kansoisõ
inessive kansõz kansoiz
elative kansõssõ kansoissõ
allative kansõlõ kansoilõ
adessive kansõllõ kansoillõ
ablative kansõltõ kansoiltõ
translative kansõssi kansoissi
*) 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), “kansa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn