tšeeli

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keeli, from Proto-Uralic *käle.

Pronunciation
  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeːli/, [ˈt͡ʃeːli]
  • Rhymes: -eːli
  • Hyphenation: tšee‧li

Noun

tšeeli

  1. tongue
  2. language

Inflection
Declension of tšeeli (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tšeeli tšeeled
genitive tšeele tšeelije, tšeeli
partitive tšeelte tšeelite, tšeeli
illative tšeele, tšeelese tšeelije, tšeelise
inessive tšeelez tšeeliz
elative tšeelesse tšeelisse
allative tšeelele tšeelile
adessive tšeelelle tšeelille
ablative tšeelelte tšeelilte
translative tšeelessi tšeelissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References
  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2 edition, Tallinn
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