Votic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian пупышка (pupyška).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpupuʃkɑ/, [ˈpupuʃkə̠]
  • Rhymes: -upuʃkɑ
  • Hyphenation: pu‧puš‧kõ

Noun edit

pupuškõ

  1. bud (of a leaf)
  2. catkin

Inflection edit

Declension of pupuškõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative pupuškõ pupuškõd
genitive pupuška pupuškojõ, pupuškoi
partitive pupuška pupuškoitõ, pupuškoi
illative pupuškasõ, pupuška pupuškoisõ
inessive pupuškõz pupuškoiz
elative pupuškõssõ pupuškoissõ
allative pupuškõlõ pupuškoilõ
adessive pupuškõllõ pupuškoillõ
ablative pupuškõltõ pupuškoiltõ
translative pupuškõssi pupuškoissi
*) 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 edit

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