autobuss

Estonian

Etymology

auto +‎ buss

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯toˌb̥usʲː/, [ˈɑu̯tˑoˌb̥usʲː]
• Rhymes: -usʲː
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧buss

Noun

autobuss (genitive autobussi, partitive autobussi)

1. (uncommon except in compounds) bus

   Synonyms: buss, (obsolete) omnibuss

Declension

Declension of autobuss (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		autobuss	autobussid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	autobussi
genitive			autobusside
partitive		autobussi	autobusse autobussisid
illative		autobussi autobussisse	autobussidesse autobussesse
inessive		autobussis	autobussides autobusses
elative		autobussist	autobussidest autobussest
allative		autobussile	autobussidele autobussele
adessive		autobussil	autobussidel autobussel
ablative		autobussilt	autobussidelt autobusselt
translative		autobussiks	autobussideks autobusseks
terminative		autobussini	autobussideni
essive		autobussina	autobussidena
abessive		autobussita	autobussideta
comitative		autobussiga	autobussidega

Derived terms

• autobussijaam
• autobussijuht
• autobussikoondis
• autobussiliiklus
• autobussiliin
• autobussipark

 

References

• autobuss in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “autobuss”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Latvian

Autobuss

Etymology

Probably via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from French autobus.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

autobuss m (1st declension)

1. bus (large motor vehicle used to transport many passengers on roads)

   komfortabls autobuss ― comfortable bus

   tālsatiksmes autobuss ― coach (lit. long-distance bus)

   ātrgaitas autobuss ― high-speed bus

   autobusu pietura ― bus stop

   autobusu satiksme ― bus traffic

   autobusa šoferis ― bus driver

   autobusu parks ― bus park

   atklāt jaunu autobusu līniju ― to open a new bus line

   dzelteni, zili un sarkani autobusi slīd pa Latvijas republikas ceļiem; ik dienas tie pārvadā tūkstošiem pasažieru ― yellow, blue and red buses slides along the roads of the Latvian republic; every day they carry thousands of passagers

   “jūs taču doties uz pilsētu autobusā?” vaicāja Ieva ― “but you are going to town in (= by) bus?” Eve asked

Declension

Declension of autobuss (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	autobuss	autobusi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	autobusu	autobusus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	autobusa	autobusu
dative (datīvs)	autobusam	autobusiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	autobusu	autobusiem
locative (lokatīvs)	autobusā	autobusos
vocative (vokatīvs)	autobus	autobusi

Derived terms

• autobusa pietura