peremees

Estonian

Etymology

From pere (family) + mees (man).

Noun

peremees (genitive peremehe, partitive peremeest)

  1. owner, proprietor
  2. landlord
  3. head of household (man)
    Synonym: majaperemees
    Hypernym: perekonnapea
  4. host (one who receives or entertains a guest)
  5. boss, master (man in control)
  6. (biology) host
    Synonym: peremeesorganism

Declension

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • majaperemees
  • taluperemees

Descendants

  • Ingrian: peremees

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Estonian peremees. Equivalent to pere (family) + mees (man).

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpereˌmeːs/, [ˈpe̞re̞ˌmeːz̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpereˌmeːs/, [ˈpe̞re̞ˌme̝ːʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -eːs
  • Hyphenation: pe‧re‧mees

Noun

peremees

  1. Synonym of isäntä
    • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 8:
      Yksinää peremees ei voint seilata, vot i palkkais trenkipoikia, ket seilaisivat, a hää vaa voittoa luki ja pivnoita möitä hulkkui.
      The owner couldn't sail by himself, so he hired sailor boys, who sailed, and he just counted the profit and hopped pubs.

Declension

Declension of peremees (type 2/mees, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative peremees peremeehet
genitive peremeehen peremeehiin
partitive peremeestä, peremeest peremeehiä
illative peremeehee peremeehii
inessive peremeehees peremeehiis
elative peremeehest peremeehist
allative peremeehelle peremeehille
adessive peremeeheel peremeehiil
ablative peremeehelt peremeehilt
translative peremeeheks peremeehiks
essive peremeehennä, peremeeheen peremeehinnä, peremeehiin
exessive1) peremeehent peremeehint
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.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 398
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