tšüüsi

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *künci.

Pronunciation

Noun

tšüüsi

  1. nail (on finger or toe)
  2. claw, talon

Inflection

Declension of tšüüsi (type X/tuli, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative tšüüsi, tšüüs tšünned
genitive tšünne tšüüsije, tšüüsii
partitive tšüntte tšüüsiite, tšüüsii
illative tšünte, tšüntese tšüüsiise
inessive tšünnez tšüüsiiz
elative tšünnesse tšüüsiisse
allative tšünnele tšüüsiile
adessive tšünnelle tšüüsiille
ablative tšünnelte tšüüsiilte
translative tšünnessi tšüüsiissi
*) 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) “tšüüsi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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