Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *maksu, equivalent to mahsa +‎ -u.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmɑhsu/, [ˈmɑhsu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhsu
  • Hyphenation: mah‧su

Noun edit

mahsu

  1. payment

Inflection edit

Declension of mahsu (type II/võrkko, s-z gradation)
singular plural
nominative mahsu mahzud
genitive mahzu mahsujõ, mahsui
partitive mahsua mahsuitõ, mahsui
illative mahsusõ, mahsu mahsuisõ
inessive mahzuz mahsuiz
elative mahzussõ mahsuissõ
allative mahzulõ mahsuilõ
adessive mahzullõ mahsuillõ
ablative mahzultõ mahsuiltõ
translative mahzussi mahsuissi
*) 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) “mahsu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn