tšälü

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kälü.

Pronunciation

Noun

tšälü

  1. sister-in-law (especially the wife of one's brother or husband's brother)

Inflection

Declension of tšälü (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tšälü tšälüd
genitive tšälü tšälüje, tšälüi
partitive tšällüä tšälüite, tšälüi
illative tšällüse, tšällü tšälüise
inessive tšälüz tšälüiz
elative tšälüsse tšälüisse
allative tšälüle tšälüile
adessive tšälülle tšälüille
ablative tšälülte tšälüilte
translative tšälüssi tšälüissi
*) 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) “tšälü”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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