püssü

See also: pusu and pušu

Votic

Etymology

From Old Swedish byssa; compare Dutch bus/buks, German Büchse. The same word was also loaned as Estonian püss, Finnish pyssy.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpysːy/, [ˈpʲysʲːy]
• Rhymes: -ysːy
• Hyphenation: püs‧sü

Noun

püssü

1. gun

Inflection

Declension of püssü (type II/võrkko, ss-s gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	püssü	püsüd
genitive	püsü	püssüje, püssüi
partitive	püssüä	püssüite, püssüi
illative	püssüse, püssü	püssüise
inessive	püsüz	püssüiz
elative	püsüsse	püssüisse
allative	püsüle	püssüile
adessive	püsülle	püssüille
ablative	püsülte	püssüilte
translative	püsüssi	püssüissi
*) 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) “püssü”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn