tširppu

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kirppu. Related to Estonian kirp, Finnish kirppu.

Pronunciation

Noun

tširppu

  1. flea

Inflection

Declension of tširppu (type II/võrkko, pp-p gradation)
singular plural
nominative tširppu tširpud
genitive tširpu tširppujõ, tširppui
partitive tširppua tširppuitõ, tširppui
illative tširppusõ, tširppu tširppuisõ
inessive tširpuz tširppuiz
elative tširpussõ tširppuissõ
allative tširpulõ tširppuilõ
adessive tširpullõ tširppuillõ
ablative tširpultõ tširppuiltõ
translative tširpussi tširppuissi
*) 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) “tširppu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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