uuli

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *huuli.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈuːli/,
  • Rhymes: -uːli
  • Hyphenation: uu‧li

Noun

uuli

  1. lip

Inflection

Declension of uuli (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative uuli uulõd
genitive uulõ uulijõ, uulii
partitive uultõ uuliitõ, uulii
illative uulõ, uulõsõ uuliisõ
inessive uulõz uuliiz
elative uulõssõ uuliissõ
allative uulõlõ uuliilõ
adessive uulõllõ uuliillõ
ablative uulõltõ uuliiltõ
translative uulõssi uuliissi
*) 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) “uuli”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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