Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian занавеска (zanaveska).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /zɑnɑˈveskɑ/, [zɑnɑˈveskə̠]
  • Rhymes: -eskɑ
  • Hyphenation: za‧na‧ves‧kõ

Noun

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zanaveskõ

  1. (usually in the plural) curtain, drape

Inflection

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Declension of zanaveskõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative zanaveskõ zanaveskõd
genitive zanaveska zanaveskojõ, zanaveskoi
partitive zanaveska zanaveskoitõ, zanaveskoi
illative zanaveskasõ, zanaveska zanaveskoisõ
inessive zanaveskõz zanaveskoiz
elative zanaveskõssõ zanaveskoissõ
allative zanaveskõlõ zanaveskoilõ
adessive zanaveskõllõ zanaveskoillõ
ablative zanaveskõltõ zanaveskoiltõ
translative zanaveskõssi zanaveskoissi
*) 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) “zanaveska”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn