Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian подушка (poduška).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /poˈduʃkɑ/, [poˈduʃkə̠]
  • Rhymes: -uʃkɑ
  • Hyphenation: po‧duš‧kõ

Noun

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poduškõ

  1. pillow, cushion
  2. mattress

Inflection

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Declension of poduškõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative poduškõ poduškõd
genitive poduška poduškojõ, poduškoi
partitive poduška poduškoitõ, poduškoi
illative poduškasõ, poduška poduškoisõ
inessive poduškõz poduškoiz
elative poduškõssõ poduškoissõ
allative poduškõlõ poduškoilõ
adessive poduškõllõ poduškoillõ
ablative poduškõltõ poduškoiltõ
translative poduškõssi poduškoissi
*) 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) “poduška”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn