Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kandus.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnːuz/, [ˈkɑnːuz̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnːuz̥
  • Hyphenation: kan‧nuz

Noun

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kannuz

  1. spur

Inflection

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Declension of kannuz (type XI/jänez, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kannuz kannusõd
genitive kannusõ kannussijõ, kannussii
partitive kannussõ kannussiitõ, kannussii
illative kannussõsõ kannussiisõ
inessive kannusõz kannussiiz
elative kannusõssõ kannussiissõ
allative kannusõlõ kannussiilõ
adessive kannusõllõ kannussiillõ
ablative kannusõltõ kannussiiltõ
translative kannusõssi kannussiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to 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) “kannuz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn