kumpõ

Votic

Alternative forms

  • kump

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kumpa.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkumpɑ/, [ˈkumpə̠]
  • Rhymes: -umpɑ
  • Hyphenation: kum‧põ

Determiner

kumpõ

  1. which, what (of two)

Conjunction

kumpõ

  1. (relative) which, what (of two)
  2. (relative) the kind of ... that, ...
    kumpõ koirõ haukub, se nii tšiire eb purõ
    a barking dog never bites
    (literally, “the kind of dog that barks will not quickly bite”)

Inflection

Declension of kumpõ (type III/jalkõ, mp-mm gradation)
singular plural
nominative kumpõ kummõd
genitive kumma kumpojõ, kumpoi
partitive kumpa kumpoitõ, kumpoi
illative kumpasõ, kumpa kumpoisõ
inessive kummõz kumpoiz
elative kummõssõ kumpoissõ
allative kummõlõ kumpoilõ
adessive kummõllõ kumpoillõ
ablative kummõltõ kumpoiltõ
translative kummõssi kumpoissi
*) 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.
Declension of kumpõ (type V/poikõ, mp-mm gradation)
singular plural
nominative kumpõ kummõd
genitive kumma kumpijõ, kumpii
partitive kumpa kumpiitõ, kumpii
illative kumpasõ, kumpa kumpiisõ
inessive kummõz kumpiiz
elative kummõssõ kumpiissõ
allative kummõlõ kumpiilõ
adessive kummõllõ kumpiillõ
ablative kummõltõ kumpiiltõ
translative kummõssi kumpiissi
*) 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), “kumpa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn