mettsekana

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Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mettse +‎ kana

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmet͡sːæˌkɑnɑ/, [ˈmet͡sːə̟ˌkɑnɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
  • Hyphenation: met‧tse‧ka‧na

Noun[edit]

mettsekana

  1. willow grouse

Inflection[edit]

Declension of mettsekana (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative mettsekana mettsekanad
genitive mettsekanaa mettsekanojõ, mettsekanoi
partitive mettsekanna mettsekanoitõ, mettsekanoi
illative mettsekannasõ, mettsekanna mettsekanoisõ
inessive mettsekanaz mettsekanoiz
elative mettsekanassõ mettsekanoissõ
allative mettsekanalõ mettsekanoilõ
adessive mettsekanallõ mettsekanoillõ
ablative mettsekanaltõ mettsekanoiltõ
translative mettsekanassi mettsekanoissi
*) 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) “mettsäkana”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn