prepositsia

Ingrian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin praepositio. Compare Finnish prepositio and Swedish preposition.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpreposit͡siɑ/, [ˈpre̞po̞ˌs̠it͡s̠e̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpreposit͡siɑ/, [ˈpre̞b̥o̞ˌʒ̥it͡siɑ]
• Rhymes: -it͡seː, -it͡siɑ
• Hyphenation: pre‧po‧sit‧si‧a

Noun

prepositsia

1. (grammar) preposition

Declension

Declension of prepositsia (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	prepositsia	prepositsiat
genitive	prepositsian	prepositsioin
partitive	prepositsiaa	prepositsioja
illative	prepositsiaa	prepositsioihe
inessive	prepositsiaas	prepositsiois
elative	prepositsiast	prepositsioist
allative	prepositsialle	prepositsioille
adessive	prepositsiaal	prepositsioil
ablative	prepositsialt	prepositsioilt
translative	prepositsiaks	prepositsioiks
essive	prepositsianna, prepositsiaan	prepositsioinna, prepositsioin
exessive1)	prepositsiant	prepositsioint
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.

Synonyms

• esisana

Hypernyms

• apusana (“adposition”)

Coordinate terms

• postpositsia, jälkisana (“postposition”)

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 27