ämme

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ämmä.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈæmːæ/, [ˈæmʲːə̟]
  • Rhymes: -æmːæ
  • Hyphenation: äm‧me

Noun

ämme

  1. mother-in-law
  2. (paternal) grandmother
  3. old woman

Inflection

Declension of ämme (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ämme ämmed
genitive ämmä ämmije, ämmii
partitive ämmä ämmiite, ämmii
illative ämmäse, ämmä ämmiise
inessive ämmez ämmiiz
elative ämmesse ämmiisse
allative ämmele ämmiile
adessive ämmelle ämmiille
ablative ämmelte ämmiilte
translative ämmessi ämmiissi
*) 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) “ämmä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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