kauniz
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kaunis (“beautiful”), from Proto-Germanic *skauniz. The shift from "beautiful" to "red" was probably influenced by a tendency in Old East Slavic which dominated in the region, as it is seen in Russian красный (krasnyj).
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯niz/, [ˈkɑu̯nʲiz̥]
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯niz̥
- Hyphenation: kau‧niz
Inflection
| Declension of kauniz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kauniz | kaunid |
| genitive | kauni | kaunijõ, kauni |
| partitive | kaunissõ | kaunitõ, kauni |
| illative | kaunisõ, kauni | kaunisõ |
| inessive | kauniz | kauniz |
| elative | kaunissõ | kaunissõ |
| allative | kaunilõ | kaunilõ |
| adessive | kaunillõ | kaunillõ |
| ablative | kauniltõ | kauniltõ |
| translative | kaunissi | kaunissi |
| *) 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) “kauniz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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