niskõ

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Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *niska.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈniskɑ/, [ˈnʲiskə̠]
  • Rhymes: -iskɑ
  • Hyphenation: nis‧kõ

Noun[edit]

niskõ

  1. nape, back of the neck

Inflection[edit]

Declension of niskõ (type III/jalkõ, sk-zg gradation)
singular plural
nominative niskõ nizgõd
genitive nizga niskojõ, niskoi
partitive niska niskoitõ, niskoi
illative niskasõ, niska niskoisõ
inessive nizgõz niskoiz
elative nizgõssõ niskoissõ
allative nizgõlõ niskoilõ
adessive nizgõllõ niskoillõ
ablative nizgõltõ niskoiltõ
translative nizgõssi niskoissi
*) 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) “niska”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn