tunnid

Votic

Etymology

Calque of Russian часы (časy).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈtunːid/, [ˈtunʲːid̥]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈtunːid/, [ˈtunʲːid̥]
• (Central Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈtunːid/, [ˈtunːid̥]
• (Eastern Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈtunːid/, [ˈtunːid̥]
• Rhymes: -unːid̥
• Hyphenation: tun‧nid

Noun

tunnid pl

1. clock, watch
2. time, time of day

Inflection

Declension of tunnid (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	—	tunnid
genitive	—	tunnijõ
partitive	—	tunniit
illative	—	tunniisõ
inessive	—	tunniiz
elative	—	tunniiss
allative	—	tunniillõ
adessive	—	tunniill
ablative	—	tunniilt
translative	—	tunniissi
'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects. *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

Noun

tunnid

1. nominative plural of tunni

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “tunnid”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tallinn