jemā

See also: jema

Livonian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjemɑː/, [ˈjemɑː]

Noun

jemā

  1. mother
    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “jemā”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
      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

Declension of jemā (39)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) jemā jemād
genitive (genitīv) jemā jemād
partitive (partitīv) je’mmõ jemīdi
dative (datīv) jemān jemādõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) jemāks jemādõks
illative (illatīv) je’mmõ jemīž
inessive (inesīv) jemās jemīs
elative (elatīv) jemāst jemīst

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “jemā”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra