kauniz

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kaunis (“beautiful”), from Proto-Germanic *skauniz. The shift from "beautiful" to "red" is Russian influence (compare Russian красный (krasnyj)).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

kauniz

  1. red
  2. (dialectal) beautiful

Inflection

Declension of kauniz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kauniz kaunid
genitive kauni kaunijõ, kaunii
partitive kaunissõ kauniitõ, kaunii
illative kaunisõ, kauni kauniisõ
inessive kauniz kauniiz
elative kaunissõ kauniissõ
allative kaunilõ kauniilõ
adessive kaunillõ kauniillõ
ablative kauniltõ kauniiltõ
translative kaunissi kauniissi
*) 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), “kauniz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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