Votic
Alternative forms
- Velikke (normalized spelling)
- Villikkala
Etymology
Probably derived from a pre-Christian given name *Viljakka, *Viljikka, ultimately from vilʹlʹõ (“grain, cereal”) (compare Finnish Viljakkala) with + -kka. Associated folk-etymologically with вели́кий (velíkij) by Russian speakers,[1] which in turn has likely influenced the Luutsa form Velikkä.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Velikkä
- Velikino (a village in the Kingiseppsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia)
Declension
| Declension of Velikkä (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Velikkä | — |
| genitive | Velikä | — |
| partitive | Velikkää | — |
| illative | Velikkää, Velikkäse | — |
| inessive | Velikäz | — |
| elative | Velikäss | — |
| allative | Velikälle | — |
| adessive | Velikäll | — |
| ablative | Velikält | — |
| translative | Velikässi | — |
| 'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects. *) 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
- ^ Ernits, Enn (2019), “Vadja asustusnimed”, in Emakeele Seltsi aastaraamat, number 65, Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus, page 37 of 23–62