See also: tuu and tu'u

Võro

edit

Etymology

edit

From Proto-Finnic *töö, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tewe.

Noun

edit

tüü (genitive tüü, partitive tüüd)

  1. work, labour

Inflection

edit

Votic

edit

Pronunciation

edit
  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtyː/, [ˈtʲyː]
  • Rhymes: -yː
  • Hyphenation: tüü

Etymology 1

edit

From Proto-Finnic *töö.

Pronoun

edit

tüü

  1. you (plural)
Inflection
edit
Inflection of tüü
singular plural
nominative siä tüü
töö
genitive sinu teije
tedʹdʹe
accusative sinu teijed
tedʹdʹed
partitive sinnua teite
illative sinusǒ teise
teijese
inessive sinuz teiz
elative sinussõ teisse
allative silõ
sillõ
teile
teille
adessive sillõ teille
ablative siltõ teilte
translative sinussi teissi
**) 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.
Alternative forms
edit

Etymology 2

edit

From Proto-Finnic *töö.

Noun

edit

tüü

  1. work
Inflection
edit
Declension of tüü (type I/maa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tüü tüüd
genitive tüü tüije
partitive tüüte tüite
illative tühhü, tühüse tüise
inessive tüüz tüiz
elative tüüsse tüisse
allative tüüle tüile
adessive tüülle tüille
ablative tüülte tüilte
translative tüüssi tüissi
*) 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) “töö”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn