Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian нужник (nužnik).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈnuːʒnikːɑ/, [ˈnuːʒnʲikːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -uːʒnikːɑ
  • Hyphenation: nuuž‧nik‧kõ

Noun

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nuužnikkõ

  1. toilet, lavatory

Inflection

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Declension of nuužnikkõ (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative nuužnikkõ nuužnikõd
genitive nuužnika nuužnikkojõ, nuužnikkoi
partitive nuužnikka nuužnikkoitõ, nuužnikkoi
illative nuužnikkasõ, nuužnikka nuužnikkoisõ
inessive nuužnikõz nuužnikkoiz
elative nuužnikõssõ nuužnikkoissõ
allative nuužnikõlõ nuužnikkoilõ
adessive nuužnikõllõ nuužnikkoillõ
ablative nuužnikõltõ nuužnikkoiltõ
translative nuužnikõssi nuužnikkoissi
*) 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) “nuužnikka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn