Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *rüstü.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈrysːy/, [ˈrʲysʲːy]
  • Rhymes: -ysːy
  • Hyphenation: rüs‧sü

Noun

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rüssü

  1. knuckle

Inflection

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Declension of rüssü (type II/võrkko, ss-s gradation)
singular plural
nominative rüssü rüsüd
genitive rüsü rüssüje, rüssüi
partitive rüssüä rüssüite, rüssüi
illative rüssüse, rüssü rüssüise
inessive rüsüz rüssüiz
elative rüsüsse rüssüisse
allative rüsüle rüssüile
adessive rüsülle rüssüille
ablative rüsülte rüssüilte
translative rüsüssi rüssüissi
*) 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) “rüssü”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn