mokkõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mokka.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmokːɑ/, [ˈmokːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -okːɑ
  • Hyphenation: mok‧kõ

Noun

mokkõ

  1. lip
    Synonym: uuli

Inflection

Declension of mokkõ (type V/poikõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative mokkõ mokad
genitive moka mokkijõ, mokkii
partitive mokka mokkiitõ, mokkii
illative mokkasõ, mokka mokkiisõ
inessive mokaz mokkiiz
elative mokassõ mokkiissõ
allative mokalõ mokkiilõ
adessive mokallõ mokkiillõ
ablative mokaltõ mokkiiltõ
translative mokassi mokkiissi
*) 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), “mokka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn