emänte

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Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *emäntä.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

emänte

  1. hostess
  2. matron

Inflection[edit]

Declension of emänte (type VIII/päive, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative emänte emänned
genitive emännä emäntije, emäntii
partitive emäntä emäntiite, emäntii
illative emäntäse, emäntä emäntiise
inessive emännez emäntiiz
elative emännesse emäntiisse
allative emännele emäntiile
adessive emännelle emäntiille
ablative emännelte emäntiilte
translative emännessi 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[edit]

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