tšälü
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kälü.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæly/, [ˈt͡ʃæly]
- Rhymes: -æly
- Hyphenation: tšä‧lü
Noun
tšälü
- sister-in-law (especially the wife of one's brother or husband's brother)
Inflection
| Declension of tšälü (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | tšälü | tšälüd |
| genitive | tšälü | tšälüje, tšälüi |
| partitive | tšällüä | tšälüite, tšälüi |
| illative | tšällü, tšällüse | tšälüje, tšälüise |
| inessive | tšälüz | tšälüiz |
| elative | tšälüsse | tšälüisse |
| allative | tšälüle | tšälüile |
| adessive | tšälülle | tšälüille |
| ablative | tšälülte | tšälüilte |
| translative | tšälüssi | tšälüissi |
| *) 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), “tšälü”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn