kussõ

Votic

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Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkusːɑ/, [ˈkusːə̠]
  • (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈkusːɑ/, [ˈkusː]
  • Rhymes: -usːɑ
  • Hyphenation: kus‧sõ

Etymology 1

    Elative of Proto-Finnic *ku.

    Adverb

    kussõ

    1. (interrogative) from where?
    2. (relative) from where

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-Finnic *kustak.

      Verb

      kussõ

      1. to urinate, piss
      Inflection
      Conjugation of kussõ (type V-2/pesse, no gradation)
      Indicative
      Present Perfect
      positive negative positive negative
      1st singular kuzõn en kuzõ 1st singular õõn kuznu en õõ kuznu
      2nd singular kuzõd ed kuzõ 2nd singular õõd kuznu ed õõ kuznu
      3rd singular kuzõb eb kuzõ 3rd singular on kuznu eb õõ kuznu
      1st plural kuzõmmõ emmä kuzõ 1st plural õõmmõ kuznu emmä õõ kuznu
      2nd plural kuzõttõ että kuzõ 2nd plural õõttõ kuznu että õõ kuznu
      3rd plural kussa eväd kuzõ 3rd plural õlla kustu eväd õõ kustu
      impersonal kussa eväd kuzõ impersonal õlla kustu eväd õõ kustu
      Imperfect Pluperfect
      positive negative positive negative
      1st singular kuzin en kuznu 1st singular õlin kuznu
      2nd singular kuzid ed kuznu 2nd singular õlid kuznu
      3rd singular kusi eb kuznu 3rd singular õli kuznu
      1st plural kuzimmõ emmä kuznu 1st plural õlimmõ kuznu
      2nd plural kuzittõ että kuznu 2nd plural õlittõ kuznu
      3rd plural kusti eväd kustu 3rd plural õlti kustu
      impersonal kusti eväd kustu impersonal õlti kustu
      Conditional
      Present Perfect
      positive negative positive negative
      1st singular kusõizin en kusõizʹ 1st singular õll(õ)izin kuznu en õll(õ)izʹ kuznu
      2nd singular kusõizid ed kusõizʹ 2nd singular õll(õ)izid kuznu ed õll(õ)izʹ kuznu
      3rd singular kusõizʹ eb kusõizʹ 3rd singular õll(õ)izʹ kuznu eb õll(õ)izʹ kuznu
      1st plural kusõizimmõ emmä kusõizʹ 1st plural õll(õ)izimmõ kuznu emmä õll(õ)izʹ kuznu
      2nd plural kusõizittõ että kusõizʹ 2nd plural õll(õ)izittõ kuznu että õll(õ)izʹ kuznu
      3rd plural kustaizʹ eväd kustaizʹ 3rd plural õltaizʹ kustu eväd õltaizʹ kustu
      impersonal kustaizʹ eväd kustaizʹ impersonal õltaizʹ kustu eväd õltaizʹ kustu
      Imperative
      Present
      positive negative
      1st singular
      2nd singular kuzõ elä kuzõ
      3rd singular kusko1) elko kusko1)
      1st plural
      2nd plural kuska elka kuska
      3rd plural kuskod1)
      impersonal
      Nominal forms
      Infinitives Participles
      active passive
      1st kussõ present kuzõjõ2)
      2nd illative kusõma past kuznu kustu
      inessive kusõmõz 1) using la is more common
      2) also used as the agent noun
      elative kusõmõssõ
      abessive kusõmõttõ

      References

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