lumimäki

Ingrian

Lumimäki.

Etymology

From lumi (snow) + mäki (mountain). Calque of Russian снежная горка (snežnaja gorka).

Pronunciation

Noun

lumimäki (genitive lumimäkin, partitive lumimäkkiä)

  1. A snow-covered slope used for recreational sledding; a toboggan slide, sledging hill
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 55:
      Lapset suuren möryn kera lumimäes tiukkaa.
      The children play on the sledging hill with a loud shout.

Declension

Declension of lumimäki (type 5/lehti, k- gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative lumimäki lumimäet
genitive lumimäen lumimäkilöin
partitive lumimäkkiä lumimäkilöjä
illative lumimäkkee lumimäkilöihe
inessive lumimäes lumimäkilöis
elative lumimäest lumimäkilöist
allative lumimäelle lumimäkilöille
adessive lumimäel lumimäkilöil
ablative lumimäelt lumimäkilöilt
translative lumimäeks lumimäkilöiks
essive lumimäkennä,
lumimäkkeen
lumimäkilöinnä,
lumimäkilöin
exessive1) lumimäkent lumimäkilöint
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.
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