Emajõgi

English

Etymology

From Estonian Emajõgi < ema (“mother”) +‎ jõgi (“river”).

Proper noun

Emajõgi

1. A river in Estonia which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km. It has a length of 101 km.

Translations

river in Estonia

• Bulgarian: Емайъги (Emajǎgi)
• Czech: Emajõgi
• Danish: Emajõgi
• Dutch: Emajõgi
• Estonian: Emajõgi, Suur Emajõgi
• Finnish: Emajoki
• French: Emajõgi
• German: Emajõgi, Embach
• Hungarian: Emajõgi
• Italian: Emajõgi
• Korean: 에마조기 강 (emajogi gang)
• Latvian: Emajegi, Mētra
• Lithuanian: Emajegis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Emajõgi

• Portuguese: Embach m
• Russian: Эмайыги (Emajygi)
• Spanish: Emajogi m
• Turkish: Emajõgi
• Võro: Imäjõgi

Estonian

Whooper swan on the Emajõgi river in the Peipsveere nature reserve.

Etymology

ema +‎ jõgi, first part ema (“mother”) comes from Proto-Finnic *emä (“mother”), from Proto-Uralic *emä (“mother”). Last part jõgi (“river”) comes from Proto-Finnic *joki (“river”), from Proto-Uralic *joke (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈemɑjɤɡ̊i/, [ˈemɑ̈jɤɡ̊i]

• Rhymes: -ɑjɤɡi
• Hyphenation: em‧a‧jõ‧gi

Proper noun

Emajõgi

1. Emajõgi (a river in Estonia) with a length of 101 km which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km.

   Emajõgi on ainukese jõena Eestis täies pikkuses laevatatav

   Emajõgi is the only river in Estonia that is navigable in its entire length

Declension

Declension of Emajõgi (ÕS type 21/jõgi, g-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Emajõgi	Emajõed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Emajõe
genitive			Emajõgede
partitive		Emajõge	Emajõgesid
illative		Emajõkke Emajõesse	Emajõgedesse
inessive		Emajões	Emajõgedes
elative		Emajõest	Emajõgedest
allative		Emajõele	Emajõgedele
adessive		Emajõel	Emajõgedel
ablative		Emajõelt	Emajõgedelt
translative		Emajõeks	Emajõgedeks
terminative		Emajõeni	Emajõgedeni
essive		Emajõena	Emajõgedena
abessive		Emajõeta	Emajõgedeta
comitative		Emajõega	Emajõgedega

Descendants

• → English: Emajõgi
• → Norwegian Bokmål: Emajõgi
• → Finnish: Emajoki
• → Russian: Эмайыги (Emajygi)
• → Russian: Емайъги (Jemajʺgi)
• → Czech: Emajõgi
• → Danish: Emajõgi
• → Dutch: Emajõgi
• → French: Emajõgi
• → German: Emajõgi, Embach
• → Hungarian: Emajõgi
• → Italian: Emajõgi
• → Korean: 에마조기 강 (emajogi gang)
• → Latvian: Emajõgi
• → Lithuanian: Emajegis
• → Portuguese: Embach
• → Spanish: Emajogi
• → Turkish: Emajõgi

References

• “Emajõgi”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• Emajõgi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “Emajõgi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “Emajõgi”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Suur-Emajõgi in the Emajõgi-Suursoo protected area.

Etymology

From Estonian Emajõgi (“Emajõgi”), first part ema (“mother”) comes from Proto-Finnic *emä (“mother”), from Proto-Uralic *emä (“mother”). Last part jõgi (“river”) comes from Proto-Finnic *joki (“river”), from Proto-Uralic *joke (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːmajoːɡɪ/
• (Estonian) IPA^(key): /ˈemɑjɤɡɪ/

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• Rhymes: -oːɡɪ
• Hyphenation: E‧ma‧jõ‧gi

Proper noun

Emajõgi

1. Emajõgi (a river in Estonia) with a length of 101 km which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km.

   Innsjøen Võrtsjärv har avløp i nordøst via den 101 kilometer lange elven Emajõgi med et fall på 3,7 meter til Peipussjøen.

   Lake Võrtsjärv drains in the northeast via the 101-kilometer-long river Emajõgi with a drop of 3.7 meters to Lake Peipus.