Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian огурец (ogurec).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /uɡuˈrit͡sːɑ/, [uɡuˈrʲit͡sːə̠], /ˈuɡurit͡sːɑ/, [ˈuɡuˌrʲit͡sːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -it͡sːɑ
  • Hyphenation: u‧gu‧rit‧tsõ

Noun

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ugurittsõ

  1. cucumber

Inflection

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Declension of ugurittsõ (type III/jalkõ, tts-ts gradation)
singular plural
nominative ugurittsõ uguritsad
genitive uguritsa ugurittsojõ, ugurittsoi
partitive ugurittsa ugurittsoitõ, ugurittsoi
illative ugurittsasõ, ugurittsa ugurittsoisõ
inessive uguritsaz ugurittsoiz
elative uguritsassõ ugurittsoissõ
allative uguritsalõ ugurittsoilõ
adessive uguritsallõ ugurittsoillõ
ablative uguritsaltõ ugurittsoiltõ
translative uguritsassi ugurittsoissi
*) 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) “ugurittsa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn