tunni

Ingrian

Etymology

Ultimately from Swedish stund, possibly via Finnish tunti.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtunːi/, [ˈtunʲː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtunːi/, [ˈtunːi]
• Rhymes: -unʲː, -unːi
• Hyphenation: tun‧ni

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

• geografiatunni
• kaglatunnit
• kormunatunnit
• oppitunni
• tunniloittee

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 608

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish stund.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈtunːi/, [ˈtunʲːi]
• Rhymes: -unːi
• Hyphenation: tun‧ni

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, tunni
partitive	tunnia	tunnitõ, tunni
illative	tunnisõ, tunni	tunnisõ
inessive	tunniz	tunniz
elative	tunnissõ	tunnissõ
allative	tunnilõ	tunnilõ
adessive	tunnillõ	tunnillõ
ablative	tunniltõ	tunniltõ
translative	tunnissi	tunnissi
*) 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