mussõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *musta.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmusːɑ/, [ˈmusːə̠]
• Rhymes: -usːɑ
• Hyphenation: mus‧sõ

Adjective

mussõ

1. black
2. dark, murky
3. dirty

   Synonym: roojõkõz

Inflection

Declension of mussõ (type V/poikõ, ss-s gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mussõ	musad
genitive	musa	mussijõ, mussii
partitive	mussa	mussiitõ, mussii
illative	mussasõ, mussa	mussiisõ
inessive	musaz	mussiiz
elative	musassõ	mussiissõ
allative	musalõ	mussiilõ
adessive	musallõ	mussiillõ
ablative	musaltõ	mussiiltõ
translative	musassi	mussiissi
*) 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

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