Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian чукча (čukča).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cukca

  1. Chukchi person
    • 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 28:
      Jot talveel männä merelle proomьslaa, tali ostamaa tavaraa, tali panomaa kapkanaa zveeriä vart, cukca valjastaa saanii koirat.
      To go to sea to fish in the winter, or to sell goods, or to set a leg trap for animals, the Chukchi harnesses dogs into the sleigh.

Declension edit

Declension of cukca (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative cukca cukcat
genitive cukcan cukciin
partitive cukcaa cukcia
illative cukcaa cukcii
inessive cukcaas cukciis
elative cukcast cukcist
allative cukcalle cukcille
adessive cukcaal cukciil
ablative cukcalt cukcilt
translative cukcaks cukciks
essive cukcanna, cukcaan cukcinna, cukciin
exessive1) cukcant cukcint
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.