vocative?

[Bjoern Wiemer]

The "-u" vocative is also typical in Polish for names whose stem ends on a
consonant, e.g. "Stasiu" (for "Stas" <-- "Stanislaw"), or "Asiu" (for "Asia"
<-- "Joanna"). It's most typical for hypocoristics and, as can be seen from
the examples, extents to the feminine gender also.

Best,
        Bjoern Wiemer.


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Dr. Bjoern Wiemer
Universitaet Konstanz
Philosophische Fakultaet / FG Sprachwissenschaft - Slavistik
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