gulʹu

Votic

Etymology

From Russian гу́ля (gúlja).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɡuʎu/, [ˈɡuʎu]
• Rhymes: -uʎu
• Hyphenation: gu‧lʹu

Noun

gulʹu

1. (childish) dove, pigeon

Inflection

Declension of gulʹu (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	gulʹu	gulʹud
genitive	gulʹu	gulʹujõ, gulʹui
partitive	gulʹua	gulʹuitõ, gulʹui
illative	gulʹuusõ, gulʹuu	gulʹuisõ
inessive	gulʹuz	gulʹuiz
elative	gulʹussõ	gulʹuissõ
allative	gulʹulõ	gulʹuilõ
adessive	gulʹullõ	gulʹuillõ
ablative	gulʹultõ	gulʹuiltõ
translative	gulʹussi	gulʹuissi
*) 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

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn