Contionary:Alfakar
Valtamic
Etymology
From Proto-Valtamic *ålṗakår, further etymology unknown. Most likely a shortened form of *ålḳåṗakår, from Proto-Celtic *wolkos + Proto-Italic *pāgos (whence Latin pāgus). This word originally referred to any foreign settlement, but later narrowed to German(ic) settlements, and then further to a German state. See Cansakar for a very similar case, but with narrowing towards Italy instead.
At some point, folk-etymologies re-analyzed words such as Alfakar, Cansakar, and Këľzokër as derivations using the suffix -kër, which led to the back-formation of the adjective alfa.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Valtamic) IPA: /ˈɑlfɑkɑr/; [ˈɑ̝ɫ̪̊ʋ̊ʌˌkʌɾ̥]
Noun
Alfakar an (genitive Alfakaṡ); type-I declension
- Germany
- Synonym: (rare) Germanja
Inflection
| Declension of Alfakar (type-I, low-harmony) | |
|---|---|
| Case | Singular |
| Nominative | Alfakar |
| Accusative | Alfakam |
| Genitive | Alfakaṡ |
| Dative | Alfakaľ |
| Lative | Alfakaṅ |
| Locative | Alfakaľ |
| Separative | Alfakat |
| Essive | Alfakana |
| Translative | Alfakac |
| Privative | Alfakadäk |
| Comitative | Alfakanäk |
| Instrumental | Alfakanoj |