emänte

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *emäntä.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈemæntæ/, [ˈemæntə]
  • Rhymes: -emæntæ
  • Hyphenation: e‧män‧te

Noun

emänte

  1. hostess
  2. matron

Inflection

Declension of emänte (type VIII/päive, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative emänte emänned
genitive emännä emäntije, emänti
partitive emäntä emäntitä, emänti
illative emäntä, emäntäse emäntije, emäntise
inessive emännez emäntiz
elative emännässe emäntisse
allative emännälee emäntilee
adessive emännälle emäntille
ablative emännälte emäntilte
translative emännässi emäntissi
*) 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), emäntä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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