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
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