tulimuna

Ingrian

Etymology

From tuli (“fire”) +‎ muna (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtuliˌmunɑ/, [ˈtulʲiˌmunɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtuliˌmunɑ/, [ˈtuliˌmunɑ]
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Hyphenation: tu‧li‧mu‧na

Noun

tulimuna

1. (folklore) A ball of light which a para follows when flying from one house to another.

Declension

Declension of tulimuna (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	tulimuna	tulimunat
genitive	tulimunan	tulimunniin
partitive	tulimunnaa	tulimunnia
illative	tulimunnaa	tulimunnii
inessive	tulimunas	tulimunis
elative	tulimunast	tulimunist
allative	tulimunalle	tulimunille
adessive	tulimunal	tulimunil
ablative	tulimunalt	tulimunilt
translative	tulimunaks	tulimuniks
essive	tulimunanna, tulimunnaan	tulimuninna, tulimunniin
exessive1)	tulimunant	tulimunint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 606