kauniz

Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *kaunis (“beautiful”), from Proto-Germanic *skauniz. The shift from "beautiful" to "red" was probably influenced by a tendency in Old East Slavic which dominated in the region, as it is seen in Russian красный (krasnyj).

Pronunciation edit

(Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯niz/, [ˈkɑu̯nʲiz̥]
Rhymes: -ɑu̯niz̥
Hyphenation: kau‧niz

Adjective edit

kauniz

red

Inflection edit

Declension of kauniz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kauniz	kaunid
genitive	kauni	kaunijõ, kauni
partitive	kaunissõ	kaunitõ, kauni
illative	kaunisõ, kauni	kaunisõ
inessive	kauniz	kauniz
elative	kaunissõ	kaunissõ
allative	kaunilõ	kaunilõ
adessive	kaunillõ	kaunillõ
ablative	kauniltõ	kauniltõ
translative	kaunissi	kaunissi
^) 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 edit

Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kauniz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn