säntšü

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Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish säng.

Pronunciation

Noun

säntšü

  1. A rough wooden bed or platform for sleeping.

Inflection

Declension of säntšü (type II/võrkko, nk-nʹdʹ gradation)
singular plural
nominative säntšü sänʹdʹüd
genitive sänʹdʹü säntšüje, säntšüi
partitive säntšüä säntšüite, säntšüi
illative säntšüse, säntšü säntšüise
inessive sänʹdʹüz säntšüiz
elative sänʹdʹüsse säntšüisse
allative sänʹdʹüle säntšüile
adessive sänʹdʹülle säntšüille
ablative sänʹdʹülte säntšüilte
translative sänʹdʹüssi säntšüissi
*) 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) “säntšü”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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