See also: pusu and pušu

Votic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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püssü

  1. gun

Inflection

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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

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