Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *lülü.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlyly/, [ˈlyly]
  • Rhymes: -yly
  • Hyphenation: lü‧lü

Noun

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lülü

  1. compression wood, reaction wood

Adjective

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lülü

  1. (of a tree) growing diagonally, such that the tree will have compression wood or reaction wood

Inflection

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Declension of lülü (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative lülü lülüd
genitive lülü lülüje, lülüi
partitive lüllüä lülüite, lülüi
illative lüllüse, lüllü lülüise
inessive lülüz lülüiz
elative lülüsse lülüisse
allative lülüle lülüile
adessive lülülle lülüille
ablative lülülte lülüilte
translative lülüssi lülüissi
*) 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) “lülü”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn