Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *lüci.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlysi/, [ˈlysʲi]
  • Rhymes: -ysi
  • Hyphenation: lü‧si

Noun edit

lüsi

  1. snath (shaft of a scythe)

Inflection edit

Declension of lüsi (type X/tuli, t- gradation)
singular plural
nominative lüsi lüed
genitive lüe lüsije, lüsii
partitive lütte lüsiite, lüsii
illative lütte, lüttese lüsiise
inessive lüez lüsiiz
elative lüesse lüsiisse
allative lüele lüsiile
adessive lüelle lüsiille
ablative lüelte lüsiilte
translative lüessi lüsiissi
*) 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) “lüsi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn