kauniz

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kaunis (beautiful), from Proto-Germanic *skauniz. The shift from "beautiful" to "red" is also seen in Russian красный (krasnyj).

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯niz/, [ˈkɑu̯niz̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯niz̥
  • Hyphenation: kau‧niz

Adjective

kauniz

  1. red

Inflection

Declension of kauniz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kauniz kaunid
genitive kauni kaunije, kaunijõ, kauni
partitive kaunissõ kaunitõ, kauni
illative kauni, kaunisõ kaunije, kaunijõ, 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 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), kauniz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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