tungusa

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian тунгус (tungus).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tungusa

  1. (in the plural) Tunguses
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 37:
      Taigaan zoonaas elläät evenkat (ennen heitä kutsuttii tungusoiks), jakutat, karjalaiset, komit ja venäläiset.
      In the taiga zone there live the Evenks (before they were called Tungus), Yakuts, Karelians, Komis and Russians.
  2. (in the singular) Tungus language

Declension[edit]

Declension of tungusa (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tungusa tungusat
genitive tungusan tungusiin
partitive tungusaa tungusia
illative tungusaa tungusii
inessive tungusaas tungusiis
elative tungusast tungusist
allative tungusalle tungusille
adessive tungusaal tungusiil
ablative tungusalt tungusilt
translative tungusaks tungusiks
essive tungusanna, tungusaan tungusinna, tungusiin
exessive1) tungusant tungusint
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.