slifkõ

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian сливки (slivki).

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈslifkɑ/, [ˈslifkə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ifkɑ
  • Hyphenation: slif‧kõ

Noun

slifkõ

  1. (fresh) cream

Inflection

Declension of slifkõ (type III/jalkõ, fk-vg gradation)
singular plural
nominative slifkõ slivgõd
genitive slivga slifkojõ, slifkoi
partitive slifka slifkoitõ, slifkoi
illative slifkasõ, slifka slifkoisõ
inessive slivgõz slifkoiz
elative slivgõssõ slifkoissõ
allative slivgõlõ slifkoilõ
adessive slivgõllõ slifkoillõ
ablative slivgõltõ slifkoiltõ
translative slivgõssi slifkoissi
*) 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) “slifka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn