Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *tuhma.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtuhmɑ/, [ˈtuhmə̠]
  • Rhymes: -uhmɑ
  • Hyphenation: tuh‧mõ

Adjective

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tuhmõ

  1. stupid, foolish, silly

Inflection

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Declension of tuhmõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tuhmõ tuhmõd
genitive tuhma tuhmijõ, tuhmii
partitive tuhma tuhmiitõ, tuhmii
illative tuhmasõ, tuhma tuhmiisõ
inessive tuhmõz tuhmiiz
elative tuhmõssõ tuhmiissõ
allative tuhmõlõ tuhmiilõ
adessive tuhmõllõ tuhmiillõ
ablative tuhmõltõ tuhmiiltõ
translative tuhmõssi tuhmiissi
*) 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) “tuhma”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn