muamo

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Karelian

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Regional variants of muamo
North Karelian
(Viena)
muamo
South Karelian
(Tver)
muamo

Etymology

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Originally baby talk. Compare Russian мама (mama).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmuɑ̯mo/
  • Hyphenation: mua‧mo

Noun

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muamo (genitive muamon, partitive muamuo)

  1. mother, mum

Declension

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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.

References

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  • 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