kirstu

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kirstu (compare Estonian kirst, Votic kirstu), of unknown further origin, but related to Latvian šķirsts (chest, coffin) and dialectal Russian ке́рста (kérsta); there is no consensus on the direction of borrowing. The word however cannot be older than Finnic due to the consonant cluster.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkirstu/, [ˈkirs̠t̪u]
  • Rhymes: -irstu
  • Syllabification(key): kirs‧tu

Noun

kirstu

  1. chest, trunk
    Synonym: arkku

Declension

Inflection of kirstu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative kirstu kirstut
genitive kirstun kirstujen
partitive kirstua kirstuja
illative kirstuun kirstuihin
singular plural
nominative kirstu kirstut
accusative nom. kirstu kirstut
gen. kirstun
genitive kirstun kirstujen
partitive kirstua kirstuja
inessive kirstussa kirstuissa
elative kirstusta kirstuista
illative kirstuun kirstuihin
adessive kirstulla kirstuilla
ablative kirstulta kirstuilta
allative kirstulle kirstuille
essive kirstuna kirstuina
translative kirstuksi kirstuiksi
instructive kirstuin
abessive kirstutta kirstuitta
comitative kirstuineen
Possessive forms of kirstu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person kirstuni kirstumme
2nd person kirstusi kirstunne
3rd person kirstunsa

Anagrams


Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish kirstu.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkirstu/, [ˈkirstu]
  • Rhymes: -irstu
  • Hyphenation: kirs‧tu

Noun

kirstu

  1. chest
  2. coffin

Inflection

Declension of kirstu (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kirstu kirstud
genitive kirstu kirstuje, kirstujõ, kirstui
partitive kirstua kirstuitõ, kirstui
illative kirstu, kirstusõ kirstuje, kirstujõ, kirstuisõ
inessive kirstuz kirstuiz
elative kirstussõ kirstuissõ
allative kirstulõ kirstuilõ
adessive kirstullõ kirstuillõ
ablative kirstultõ kirstuiltõ
translative kirstussi kirstuissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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