Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian колбаса (kolbasa).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑlbɑsːi/, [ˈkɑɫbə̠sʲːi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlbɑsːi
  • Hyphenation: kal‧bõs‧si

Noun

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kalbõssi

  1. sausage

Inflection

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Declension of kalbõssi (type II/võrkko, ss-s gradation)
singular plural
nominative kalbõssi kalbõsid
genitive kalbõsi kalbõssijõ, kalbõssii
partitive kalbõssia kalbõssiitõ, kalbõssii
illative kalbõssisõ, kalbõssi kalbõssiisõ
inessive kalbõsiz kalbõssiiz
elative kalbõsissõ kalbõssiissõ
allative kalbõsilõ kalbõssiilõ
adessive kalbõsillõ kalbõssiillõ
ablative kalbõsiltõ kalbõssiiltõ
translative kalbõsissi kalbõssiissi
*) 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) “kalbassi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn