karka

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *karkëda.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrkɑː/, [ˈkɑrkɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrkɑː
• Hyphenation: kar‧ka

Adjective

karka

1. bitter

Inflection

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

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