cukca

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чукча (čukča).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃukt͡ʃɑ/, [ˈt͡ʃukt͡ʃ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃukt͡ʃɑ/, [ˈt͡ʃukt͡ʃɑ]
• Rhymes: -ukt͡ʃ, -ukt͡ʃɑ
• Hyphenation: cuk‧ca

Noun

cukca

1. Chukchi person
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28:

     Jot talveel männä merelle proomьslaa, tali ostamaa tavaraa, tali panomaa kapkanaa zveeriä vart, cukca valjastaa saanii koirat.

     To go to sea to fish in the winter, or to sell goods, or to set a leg trap for animals, the Chukchi harnesses dogs into the sleigh.

Declension

Declension of cukca (type 3/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	cukca	cukcat
genitive	cukcan	cukciin
partitive	cukcaa	cukcia
illative	cukcaa	cukcii
inessive	cukcaas	cukciis
elative	cukcast	cukcist
allative	cukcalle	cukcille
adessive	cukcaal	cukciil
ablative	cukcalt	cukcilt
translative	cukcaks	cukciks
essive	cukcanna, cukcaan	cukcinna, cukciin
exessive1)	cukcant	cukcint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.