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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian автобус (avtobus).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ɑfˈtobusːɑ/, [ɑfˈtobusːə̠], /ˈɑftobusːɑ/, [ˈɑftoˌbusːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -obusːɑ, -usːɑ
  • Hyphenation: af‧to‧bus‧sõ

Noun

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aftobussõ

  1. bus (vehicle)

Inflection

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Declension of aftobussõ (type III/jalkõ, ss-s gradation)
singular plural
nominative aftobussõ aftobusad
genitive aftobusaa aftobussojõ, aftobussoi
partitive aftobussa aftobussoitõ, aftobussoi
illative aftobussasõ, aftobussa aftobussoisõ
inessive aftobusaz aftobussoiz
elative aftobusassõ aftobussoissõ
allative aftobusalõ aftobussoilõ
adessive aftobusallõ aftobussoillõ
ablative aftobusaltõ aftobussoiltõ
translative aftobusassi aftobussoissi
*) 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

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