Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kausta.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯sːɑ/, [ˈkɑu̯sːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯sːɑ
  • Hyphenation: kaus‧sõ

Noun

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kaussõ

  1. upper beam of a sleigh that connects the tops of the supports between the skid and the bottom

Inflection

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Declension of kaussõ (type III/jalkõ, ss-s gradation)
singular plural
nominative kaussõ kausõd
genitive kausa kaussojõ, kaussoi
partitive kaussa kaussoitõ, kaussoi
illative kaussasõ, kaussa kaussoisõ
inessive kausõz kaussoiz
elative kausõssõ kaussoissõ
allative kausõlõ kaussoilõ
adessive kausõllõ kaussoillõ
ablative kausõltõ kaussoiltõ
translative kausõssi kaussoissi
*) 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) “kaussa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn