põski

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Votic

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Estonian põsk.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpɤski/,
  • Rhymes: -ɤski
  • Hyphenation: põs‧ki

Noun

põski

  1. cheek
    Synonym: liittsõ

Inflection

Declension of põski (type VII/nimi, sk-zg gradation)
singular plural
nominative põski põzgõd
genitive põzgõ põskijõ, põskii
partitive põskia põskiitõ, põskii
illative põskõsõ, põskõ põskiisõ
inessive põzgõz põskiiz
elative põzgõssõ põskiissõ
allative põzgõlõ põskiilõ
adessive põzgõllõ põskiillõ
ablative põzgõltõ põskiiltõ
translative põzgõssi põskiissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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