emänte

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *emäntä.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈemæntæ/, [ˈemʲæntə̟]
  • 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, emäntii
partitive emäntä emäntiite, emäntii
illative emäntääse, emäntä emäntiise
inessive emännez emäntiiz
elative emännässe emäntiisse
allative emännälee emäntiile
adessive emännälle emäntiille
ablative emännälte emäntiilte
translative emännässi emäntiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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