Votic

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Etymology

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From Russian ба́бушка (bábuška).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːbuʃkɑ/, [ˈbɑːbuʃkə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːbuʃkɑ
  • Hyphenation: baa‧buš‧kõ

Noun

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baabuškõ

  1. grandmother

Inflection

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Declension of baabuškõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative baabuškõ baabuškõd
genitive baabuška baabuškojõ, baabuškoi
partitive baabuška baabuškoitõ, baabuškoi
illative baabuškasõ, baabuška baabuškoisõ
inessive baabuškõz baabuškoiz
elative baabuškõssõ baabuškoissõ
allative baabuškõlõ baabuškoilõ
adessive baabuškõllõ baabuškoillõ
ablative baabuškõltõ baabuškoiltõ
translative baabuškõssi baabuškoissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn