Emajõgi
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Estonian Emajõgi < ema (“mother”) + jõgi (“river”).
Proper noun
[edit]Emajõgi
- 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
[edit]river in Estonia
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Estonian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emaj%C3%B5gi_2020_08_01.jpg/250px-Emaj%C3%B5gi_2020_08_01.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɑjɤɡi
- Hyphenation: em‧a‧jõ‧gi
Proper noun
[edit]Emajõgi
- 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
[edit]Declension of Emajõgi (ÕS type 21/jõgi, g-ø gradation) | |||
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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
[edit]- → 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
[edit]- “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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈeːmajoːɡɪ/
- (Estonian) IPA(key): /ˈemɑjɤɡɪ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oːɡɪ
- Hyphenation: E‧ma‧jõ‧gi
Proper noun
[edit]Emajõgi
- 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.
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