meez

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Votic[edit]

Meez

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *mees. Cognate with Finnish mies.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmeːz/, [ˈmeːz̥]
  • Rhymes: -eːz̥
  • Hyphenation: meez

Noun[edit]

meez

  1. man (adult male human being)
  2. man, husband
    menne meheleto get a husband, get married with a man

Inflection[edit]

Declension of meez (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative meez mehed
genitive mehe mehije, mehii
partitive meesse mehiite, mehii
illative mehhese, mehhe mehiise
inessive mehez mehiiz
elative mehesse mehiisse
allative mehele mehiile
adessive mehelle mehiille
ablative mehelte mehiilte
translative mehessi mehiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References[edit]

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn