ǟma
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ama"
Livonian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *ämmä, cognate with Finnish ämmä, Estonian ämm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æːmɑ/
Noun
ǟma
- mother
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- min ǟma
- my mother
- kilā ǟma
- village elder (lit. "village mother")
- min ǟma
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Declension
| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | ǟma | ǟmad |
| genitive (genitīv) | ǟma | ǟmad |
| partitive (partitīv) | ämmõ | ǟmidi |
| dative (datīv) | ǟman | ǟmadõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | ǟmaks | ǟmadõks |
| illative (illatīv) | ämmõ | ǟmiž |
| inessive (inesīv) | ǟmas | ǟmis |
| elative (elatīv) | ǟmast | ǟmist |