tšeeli

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keeli, from Proto-Uralic *käle.

Pronunciation

Noun

tšeeli

  1. tongue
  2. language

Inflection

Declension of tšeeli (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tšeeli tšeeled
genitive tšeele tšeelije, tšeelii
partitive tšeelte tšeeliite, tšeelii
illative tšeele, tšeelese tšeeliise
inessive tšeelez tšeeliiz
elative tšeelesse tšeeliisse
allative tšeelele tšeeliile
adessive tšeelelle tšeeliille
ablative tšeelelte tšeeliilte
translative tšeelessi tšeeliissi
*) 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) “tšeeli”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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