jemā

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Livonian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *emä, from Proto-Uralic *emä; cognates include Estonian ema, Finnish emä and Hungarian eme (“sow”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

jemā

  1. mother
    • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
      jemā ārmaztimi
      mother's love
      jemā sēmḑa
      mother's milk
      jemā pierrõ
      to be the spitting image of one's mother (lit. "after mother")
      tämmõn um vel jemā sēmḑa kūora tagān
      he is still wet behind the ears (lit. "he still has mother's milk behind his ears")

Declension[edit]

Declension of jemā (39)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) jemā jemād
genitive (genitīv) jemā jemād
partitive (partitīv) jemmõ jemīdi
dative (datīv) jemān jemādõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) jemāks jemādõks
illative (illatīv) jemmõ jemīž
inessive (inesīv) jemās jemīs
elative (elatīv) jemāst jemīst

Related terms[edit]

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