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
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