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

  1. 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

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