vesiemä

Ingrian

Etymology

From vesi (“water”) +‎ emä (“mother”).

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋesiˌemæ/, [ˈʋe̞s̠iˌe̞mæ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋesiˌemæ/, [ˈʋe̞ʒ̥iˌe̞mæ]
  • Rhymes: -emæ
  • Hyphenation: ve‧si‧e‧mä

Noun

vesiemä

  1. (folklore) The main spirit of the waters that drowns people.

Declension
Declension of vesiemä (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative vesiemä vesiemät
genitive vesiemän vesiemmiin
partitive vesiemmää vesiemmiä
illative vesiemmää vesiemmii
inessive vesiemäs vesiemis
elative vesiemäst vesiemist
allative vesiemälle vesiemille
adessive vesiemäl vesiemil
ablative vesiemält vesiemilt
translative vesiemäks vesiemiks
essive vesiemännä, vesiemmään vesieminnä, vesiemmiin
exessive1) vesiemänt vesiemint
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

References
  • Olga I. Konkova (2009) Ижора: Очерки истории и культуры‎, Saint Petersburg, →ISBN, page 152
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