Votic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Univerbation of rissi-isä

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈrisːisæ/, [ˈrʲisʲːisʲə̟]
  • Rhymes: -isːisæ
  • Hyphenation: ris‧si‧se

Noun

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rissise

  1. godfather

Inflection

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Declension of rissise (type VIII/päive, s-z gradation)
singular plural
nominative rissise rissized
genitive rissizä rissisije, rissisii
partitive rissisä rissisiite, rissisii
illative rissisäse, rissisä rissisiise
inessive rissizez rissisiiz
elative rissizesse rissisiisse
allative rissizele rissisiile
adessive rissizelle rissisiille
ablative rissizelte rissisiilte
translative rissizessi rissisiissi
*) 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) “rissisä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn