mutkõ

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Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *mutka.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmutkɑ/, [ˈmutkə̠]
  • Rhymes: -utkɑ
  • Hyphenation: mut‧kõ

Noun[edit]

mutkõ

  1. (rare) turn, curve
  2. (figuratively) trouble, snag, hitch

Adjective[edit]

mutkõ

  1. (figuratively) mischievous

Inflection[edit]

Declension of mutkõ (type V/poikõ, tk-dg gradation)
singular plural
nominative mutkõ mudgõd
genitive mudga mutkijõ, mutkii
partitive mutka mutkiitõ, mutkii
illative mutkasõ, mutka mutkiisõ
inessive mudgõz mutkiiz
elative mudgõssõ mutkiissõ
allative mudgõlõ mutkiilõ
adessive mudgõllõ mutkiillõ
ablative mudgõltõ mutkiiltõ
translative mudgõssi mutkiissi
*) 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) “mutka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn