neemi

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *neemi.

Pronunciation
  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈneːmi/, [ˈneːmi]
  • Rhymes: -eːmi
  • Hyphenation: nee‧mi

Noun

neemi

  1. meadow
  2. floodplain

Inflection
Declension of neemi (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative neemi neemed
genitive neeme neemije, neemi
partitive neente neemite, neemi
illative neeme, neemese neemije, neemise
inessive neemez neemiz
elative neemesse neemisse
allative neemele neemile
adessive neemelle neemille
ablative neemelte neemilte
translative neemessi neemissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2nd edition, Tallinn
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