tuskõ

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic тъска (tŭska).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈtuskɑ/, [ˈtuskə̠]
• Rhymes: -uskɑ
• Hyphenation: tus‧kõ

Noun

tuskõ

1. worry, (cause of) grief or anguish
2. sadness, grief, sorrow
3. boredom, annoyance

Adjective

tuskõ

1. worried, anxious

Inflection

Declension of tuskõ (type V/poikõ, sk-zg gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	tuskõ	tuzgõd
genitive	tuzga	tuskijõ, tuskii
partitive	tuska	tuskiitõ, tuskii
illative	tuskasõ, tuska	tuskiisõ
inessive	tuzgõz	tuskiiz
elative	tuzgõssõ	tuskiissõ
allative	tuzgõlõ	tuskiilõ
adessive	tuzgõllõ	tuskiillõ
ablative	tuzgõltõ	tuskiiltõ
translative	tuzgõssi	tuskiissi
*) 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

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