ǟma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ama"

Livonian

Alternative forms

• jemā

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ämmä, cognate with Finnish ämmä, Estonian ämm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæːmɑ/, [ˈæːmɑ]

Noun

ǟma

1. mother
   • 2012–2013, “ǟma”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     min ǟma

     my mother

   • 2012–2013, “ǟma”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     kilā ǟma

     village elder

     (literally, “village mother”)

Declension

Declension of ǟma (43)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	ǟma	ǟmad
genitive (genitīv)	ǟma	ǟmad
partitive (partitīv)	ämmõ	ǟmidi
dative (datīv)	ǟman	ǟmadõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	ǟmaks	ǟmadõks
illative (illatīv)	ämmõ	ǟmiž
inessive (inesīv)	ǟmas	ǟmis
elative (elatīv)	ǟmast	ǟmist

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ǟma”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra