ämme

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ämmä.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈæmːæ/, [ˈæmːə]
  • Rhymes: -æmːæ
  • Hyphenation: äm‧me

Noun

ämme

  1. mother-in-law
  2. (paternal) grandmother
  3. old woman

Inflection

Declension of ämme (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ämme ämmed
genitive ämmä ämmije, ämmi
partitive ämmä ämmite, ämmi
illative ämmä, ämmäse ämmije, ämmise
inessive ämmez ämmiz
elative ämmesse ämmisse
allative ämmele ämmile
adessive ämmelle ämmille
ablative ämmelte ämmilte
translative ämmessi ämmissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), ämmä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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