gulʹu

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Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Russian гу́ля (gúlja).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɡuʎu/, [ˈɡuʎu]
  • Rhymes: -uʎu
  • Hyphenation: gu‧lʹu

Noun[edit]

gulʹu

  1. (childish) dove, pigeon

Inflection[edit]

Declension of gulʹu (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative gulʹu gulʹud
genitive gulʹu gulʹujõ, gulʹui
partitive gulʹua gulʹuitõ, gulʹui
illative gulʹuusõ, gulʹuu gulʹuisõ
inessive gulʹuz gulʹuiz
elative gulʹussõ gulʹuissõ
allative gulʹulõ gulʹuilõ
adessive gulʹullõ gulʹuillõ
ablative gulʹultõ gulʹuiltõ
translative gulʹussi gulʹuissi
*) 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[edit]

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn