emä
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ema"
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *emä, from Proto-Uralic *emä.[1] Cognates include Estonian ema, Northern Sami eapmi (“pistil”), and Nganasan немы (ńemy).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈemæ/, [ˈe̞mæ]
- Rhymes: -emæ
- Syllabification(key): e‧mä
- Hyphenation(key): emä
Noun
emä
- (archaic) mother
- Synonym: äiti
- mother of an animal, dam
- (archaic) womb
- Synonym: kohtu
- (as modifier) mother, parent, head, major
- emämaa ― motherland
- emäpuu ― parent tree
- emäputki ― headtube
- emävale ― whopper (big lie)
Declension
| Inflection of emä (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | emä | emät | |
| genitive | emän | emien | |
| partitive | emää | emiä | |
| illative | emään | emiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | emä | emät | |
| accusative | nom. | emä | emät |
| gen. | emän | ||
| genitive | emän | emien emäin rare | |
| partitive | emää | emiä | |
| inessive | emässä | emissä | |
| elative | emästä | emistä | |
| illative | emään | emiin | |
| adessive | emällä | emillä | |
| ablative | emältä | emiltä | |
| allative | emälle | emille | |
| essive | emänä | eminä | |
| translative | emäksi | emiksi | |
| abessive | emättä | emittä | |
| instructive | — | emin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
See also
References
Further reading
- “emä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *emä. Cognates include Finnish emä and Estonian ema.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈemæ/, [ˈe̞mæ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈemæ/, [ˈe̞mæ]
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈemæ/, [ˈe̞mæ]
- Rhymes: -emæ
- Hyphenation: e‧mä
Noun
emä
- mother
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 27:
- Seisoo emä i ei tiijä, mitä hänelle enstää tehä:
- Mother stands still and doesn't know, what she should do first:
- short for emänoora
- short for emäavanto
Declension
| Declension of emä (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | emä | emät |
| genitive | emän | emmiin |
| partitive | emmää | emmiä |
| illative | emmää | emmii |
| inessive | emäs | emis |
| elative | emäst | emist |
| allative | emälle | emille |
| adessive | emäl | emil |
| ablative | emält | emilt |
| translative | emäks | emiks |
| essive | emännä, emmään | eminnä, emmiin |
| exessive1) | emänt | emint |
| 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. | ||
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 32
- Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 25
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[4], →ISBN, page 62
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
emä |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
emä |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *emä (“mother”). Cognates include Finnish emä and Veps ema.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈemæ/
- Hyphenation: emä
Noun
emä (genitive emän, partitive emyä / emiä)
- female animal
- (North Karelian) ovary (of a plant)
- (North Karelian or dialectal or archaic) synonym of muamo
Declension
| Viena Karelian declension of emä (type 5/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | emä | emät | |
| genitive | emän | emien | |
| partitive | emyä | emie | |
| illative | emäh | emih | |
| inessive | emäššä | emissä | |
| elative | emäštä | emistä | |
| adessive | emällä | emillä | |
| ablative | emältä | emiltä | |
| translative | emäkši | emiksi | |
| essive | emänä | eminä | |
| comitative | — | emineh | |
| abessive | emättä | emittä | |
| Tver Karelian declension of emä (type 5/koira no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | emä | emät | |
| genitive | emän | emin | |
| partitive | emiä | emie | |
| illative | emäh | emih | |
| inessive | emäššä | emissä | |
| elative | emäštä | emistä | |
| adessive | emällä | emillä | |
| ablative | emäldä | emildä | |
| translative | emäkši | emiksi | |
| essive | emänä | eminä | |
| comitative | emänke | eminke | |
| abessive | emättä | emittä | |
| Possessive forms of emä | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | emäni | |
| 2nd person | emäš | |
| 3rd person | emäh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994) “emä”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “emä”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[5], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
- P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN, page 107
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *emä, from Proto-Uralic *emä.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈemæ/, [ˈemʲæ]
- Rhymes: -emæ
- Hyphenation: e‧mä
Noun
emä
Inflection
| Declension of emä (type VIII/päive, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | emä | emäd |
| genitive | emä | emije, emii |
| partitive | emmä | emiite, emii |
| illative | emmäse, emmä | emiise |
| inessive | emäz | emiiz |
| elative | emässe | emiisse |
| allative | emäle | emiile |
| adessive | emälle | emiille |
| ablative | emälte | emiilte |
| translative | emässi | emiissi |
| *) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn