kobrõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kopra.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkobrɑ/, [ˈkobrə̠]
  • Rhymes: -obrɑ
  • Hyphenation: kob‧rõ

Noun

kobrõ

  1. hollow of the hand
  2. handful, fistful

Inflection

Declension of kobrõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kobrõ kobrõd
genitive kobra kobrijõ, kobrii
partitive kobra kobriitõ, kobrii
illative kobrasõ, kobra kobriisõ
inessive kobrõz kobriiz
elative kobrõssõ kobriissõ
allative kobrõlõ kobriilõ
adessive kobrõllõ kobriillõ
ablative kobrõltõ kobriiltõ
translative kobrõssi kobriissi
*) 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), “kobra”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn