koirõ
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *koira, from Proto-Uralic *kojra, *kojera, from Proto-Uralic base *koje- (“male, human”).
Noun
koirõ
- dog
Inflection
| Declension of koirõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | koirõ | koirõd |
| genitive | koira | koirijõ, koiri |
| partitive | koira | koiritõ, koiri |
| illative | koira, koirasõ | koirisõ |
| inessive | koirõz | koiriz |
| elative | koirõssõ | koirissõ |
| allative | koirõlõ | koirilõ |
| adessive | koirõllõ | koirillõ |
| ablative | koirõltõ | koiriltõ |
| translative | koirõssi | koirissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn