Votic

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Etymology

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Possibly borrowed from Estonian tants.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtɑnt͡sːu/, [ˈtɑnt͡sːu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt͡sːu
  • Hyphenation: tant‧tsu

Noun

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tanttsu

  1. dance, dancing

Inflection

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Declension of tanttsu (type II/võrkko, tts-ts gradation)
singular plural
nominative tanttsu tantsud
genitive tantsu tanttsujõ, tanttsui
partitive tanttsua tanttsuitõ, tanttsui
illative tanttsusõ, tanttsu tanttsuisõ
inessive tantsuz tanttsuiz
elative tantsussõ tanttsuissõ
allative tantsulõ tanttsuilõ
adessive tantsullõ tanttsuillõ
ablative tantsultõ tanttsuiltõ
translative tantsussi tanttsuissi
*) 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) “tanttsu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn