kaussõ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kausta.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯sːɑ/, [ˈkɑu̯sːə̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯sːɑ
• Hyphenation: kaus‧sõ

Noun

kaussõ

1. upper beam of a sleigh that connects the tops of the supports between the skid and the bottom

Inflection

Declension of kaussõ (type III/jalkõ, ss-s gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kaussõ	kausõd
genitive	kausa	kaussojõ, kaussoi
partitive	kaussa	kaussoitõ, kaussoi
illative	kaussasõ, kaussa	kaussoisõ
inessive	kausõz	kaussoiz
elative	kausõssõ	kaussoissõ
allative	kausõlõ	kaussoilõ
adessive	kausõllõ	kaussoillõ
ablative	kausõltõ	kaussoiltõ
translative	kausõssi	kaussoissi
*) 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) “kaussa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn