karka

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Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *karkëda.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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karka

  1. bitter

Inflection

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Declension of karka (type VI/valka, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative karka karkad
genitive karka karkajõ, karkai
partitive karkatõ karkaitõ, karkai
illative karkasõ, karka karkaisõ
inessive karkaz karkaiz
elative karkassõ karkaissõ
allative karkalõ karkailõ
adessive karkallõ karkaillõ
ablative karkaltõ karkailtõ
translative karkassi karkaissi
*) 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

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  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “karkõa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn