kumpõ
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Votic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *kumpa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
kumpõ
Conjunction[edit]
kumpõ
- (relative) which, what (of two)
- (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[edit]
| 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[edit]
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn