kunikõz

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kuningas.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkunikɑz/, [ˈkunʲikə̠z̥]
• Rhymes: -unikɑz̥
• Hyphenation: ku‧ni‧kõz

Noun

kunikõz

1. king

Inflection

Declension of kunikõz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kunikõz	kunikad
genitive	kunika	kunikaajõ, kunikai
partitive	kunikassõ	kunikaitõ, kunikai
illative	kunikaasõ, kunika	kunikaisõ
inessive	kunikaz	kunikaiz
elative	kunikaassõ	kunikaissõ
allative	kunikaalõ	kunikailõ
adessive	kunikaallõ	kunikaillõ
ablative	kunikaaltõ	kunikailtõ
translative	kunikaassi	kunikaissi
*) 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

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