nagru

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Votic nagru, from Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Cognates include Finnish nauru and Estonian naer.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑɡru/, [ˈnɑɡrŭ̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑɡru/, [ˈnɑɡ̊ru]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡru
• Hyphenation: nag‧ru

Noun

nagru

1. laugh, laughter
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 58:

     Tiukku ja nagru väkevä, kunis oppia ei aleta.

     A game and a loud laugh, until they start to learn.

Declension

Declension of nagru (type 4/koivu, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	nagru	nagrut
genitive	nagrun	nagruin, nagruloin
partitive	nagrua	nagruja, nagruloja
illative	nagruu	nagrui, nagruloihe
inessive	nagruus	nagruis, nagrulois
elative	nagrust	nagruist, nagruloist
allative	nagrulle	nagruille, nagruloille
adessive	nagruul	nagruil, nagruloil
ablative	nagrult	nagruilt, nagruloilt
translative	nagruks	nagruiks, nagruloiks
essive	nagrunna, nagruun	nagruinna, nagruloinna, nagruin, nagruloin
exessive1)	nagrunt	nagruint, nagruloint
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

• nagro (originally native)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 333

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nakru. Equivalent to nagra (“to laugh”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑɡru/, [ˈnɑɡru]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑɡru/, [ˈnɑɡru]
• (Central Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑɡru/, [ˈnɑɡru]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡru
• Hyphenation: nag‧ru

Noun

nagru

1. laugh, laughter
2. joke

Inflection

Declension of nagru (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	nagru	nagrud
genitive	nagru	nagrujõ
partitive	nagrua	nagruit
illative	nagru, nagrusõ	nagruisõ
inessive	nagruz	nagruiz
elative	nagruss	nagruiss
allative	nagrullõ	nagruillõ
adessive	nagrull	nagruill
ablative	nagrult	nagruilt
translative	nagrussi	nagruissi
'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects. *) 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), “nagru”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tallinn