ämme

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ämmä.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈæmːæ/, [ˈæmʲːə̟]
• Rhymes: -æmːæ
• Hyphenation: äm‧me

Noun

ämme

1. mother-in-law
2. (paternal) grandmother
3. old woman

Inflection

Declension of ämme (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ämme	ämmed
genitive	ämmä	ämmije, ämmii
partitive	ämmä	ämmiite, ämmii
illative	ämmäse, ämmä	ämmiise
inessive	ämmez	ämmiiz
elative	ämmesse	ämmiisse
allative	ämmele	ämmiile
adessive	ämmelle	ämmiille
ablative	ämmelte	ämmiilte
translative	ämmessi	ämmiissi
*) 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

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