tohuz

Votic

Alternative forms

• tohoz (Pontizõõ)
• toohuz

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *toohus. Cognates include Finnish tuohus and Ingrian toohus.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈtohuz/, [ˈtohuz̥]
• Rhymes: -ohuz̥
• Hyphenation: to‧huz

Noun

tohuz

1. candle

   Synonym: tšüntteli

Declension

Declension of tohuz (type XI/jänez, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	tohuz	tohusõd
genitive	tohusõ	tohussijõ, tohussii
partitive	tohussõ	tohussiitõ, tohussii
illative	tohussõsõ	tohussiisõ
inessive	tohusõz	tohussiiz
elative	tohusõssõ	tohussiissõ
allative	tohusõlõ	tohussiilõ
adessive	tohusõllõ	tohussiillõ
ablative	tohusõltõ	tohussiiltõ
translative	tohusõssi	tohussiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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