tunni

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Ingrian

Etymology

Ultimately from Swedish stund, possibly via Finnish tunti.

Pronunciation

Noun

tunni

  1. hour
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
      Mittaisivat mitälee plaanua mööt, reknaisiit ja sanoivat, etti linnaa saa ono neljä kilometraa i yli tunnin, melkeen, möö leenemmä kois.
      They measured something along the map, counted and said, that it's four kilometers to the city and in an hour, approximately, we would be home.
  2. class, lesson
  3. (in the plural) clock
    • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 13:
      Tunnit - kruga. Veeru - kruga.
      Clock - a circle. Wheel - a circle.

Declension

Declension of tunni (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tunni tunnit
genitive tunnin tunniin, tunniloin
partitive tunnia tunnija, tunniloja
illative tunnii tunnii, tunniloihe
inessive tunniis tunniis, tunnilois
elative tunnist tunniist, tunniloist
allative tunnille tunniille, tunniloille
adessive tunniil tunniil, tunniloil
ablative tunnilt tunniilt, tunniloilt
translative tunniks tunniiks, tunniloiks
essive tunninna, tunniin tunniinna, tunniloinna, tunniin, tunniloin
exessive1) tunnint tunniint, tunniloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 608
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 204

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish stund.

Pronunciation

Noun

tunni

  1. hour
  2. (in expressions) o'clock

Inflection

Declension of tunni (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tunni tunnid
genitive tunni tunnijõ, tunnii
partitive tunnia tunniitõ, tunnii
illative tunnisõ, tunni tunniisõ
inessive tunniz tunniiz
elative tunnissõ tunniissõ
allative tunnilõ tunniilõ
adessive tunnillõ tunniillõ
ablative tunniltõ tunniiltõ
translative tunnissi tunniissi
*) 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) “tunni”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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