čičiliušku

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Karelian

Regional variants of čičiliušku
North Karelian
(Viena)
čičiliušku
South Karelian
(Tver)
čidžilyškä

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sisalikko. Cognates include Finnish sisilisko and Veps šižlik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃiˌlʲiu̯ʃku/
  • Hyphenation: či‧či‧liuš‧ku

Noun

čičiliušku (genitive čičiliuškun, partitive čičiliuškuo)

  1. (North Karelian) lizard

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of čičiliušku (type 1/tyttö, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative čičiliušku čičiliuškut
genitive čičiliuškun čičiliuškujen
partitive čičiliuškuo čičiliuškuja
illative čičiliuškuh čičiliuškuloih
inessive čičiliuškušša čičiliuškuloissa
elative čičiliuškušta čičiliuškuloista
adessive čičiliuškulla čičiliuškuloilla
ablative čičiliuškulta čičiliuškuloilta
translative čičiliuškukši čičiliuškuloiksi
essive čičiliuškuna čičiliuškuloina
comitative čičiliuškuloineh
abessive čičiliuškutta čičiliuškuloitta
Possessive forms of čičiliušku
1st person čičiliuškuni
2nd person čičiliuškuš
3rd person čičiliuškuh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “čičiliusku”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN