muamo
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
muamo |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
muamo |
Etymology
Originally baby talk. Compare Russian мама (mama).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuɑ̯mo/
- Hyphenation: mua‧mo
Noun
muamo (genitive muamon, partitive muamuo)
Declension
| Viena Karelian declension of muamo (type 1/tyttö, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | muamo | muamot | |
| genitive | muamon | muamojen | |
| partitive | muamuo | muamoja | |
| illative | muamoh | muamoloih | |
| inessive | muamošša | muamoloissa | |
| elative | muamošta | muamoloista | |
| adessive | muamolla | muamoloilla | |
| ablative | muamolta | muamoloilta | |
| translative | muamokši | muamoloiksi | |
| essive | muamona | muamoloina | |
| comitative | — | muamoloineh | |
| abessive | muamotta | muamoloitta | |
| Tver Karelian declension of muamo (type 1/tyttö no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | muamo | muamot | |
| genitive | muamon | muamoloin | |
| partitive | muamuo | muamoloida | |
| illative | muamoh | muamoloih | |
| inessive | muamošša | muamoloissa | |
| elative | muamošta | muamoloista | |
| adessive | muamolla | muamoloilla | |
| ablative | muamolda | muamoloilda | |
| translative | muamokši | muamoloiksi | |
| essive | muamona | muamoloina | |
| comitative | muamonke | muamoloinke | |
| abessive | muamotta | muamoloitta | |
| Possessive forms of muamo | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | muamoni | |
| 2nd person | muamoš | |
| 3rd person | muamoh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
Synonyms
- (North Karelian or dialectal or archaic) emä
References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994) “muamo”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
- P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “мама”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN