morža
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian морж (morž), in turn borrowed from a Uralic language. Cognates include Finnish mursu and Karelian muršu.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmorʒɑ/, [ˈmo̞rʒ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmorʒɑ/, [ˈmo̞rʒ̥ɑ]
- Rhymes: -orʒ, -orʒɑ
- Hyphenation: mor‧ža
Noun
morža
- walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 102:
- Jäätelil uijuu morƶa.
- In the ice the walrus swims.
Declension
| Declension of morža (type 3/koira, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | morža | moržat |
| genitive | moržan | moržiin |
| partitive | moržaa | moržia |
| illative | moržaa | moržii |
| inessive | moržaas | moržiis |
| elative | moržast | moržist |
| allative | moržalle | moržille |
| adessive | moržaal | moržiil |
| ablative | moržalt | moržilt |
| translative | moržaks | moržiks |
| essive | moržanna, moržaan | moržinna, moržiin |
| exessive1) | moržant | moržint |
| 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. | ||