Livvi

edit

Etymology

edit

From Proto-Finnic *ahmoi. Cognates include Finnish ahmo and Ingrian ahmo.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

ahmoi

  1. wolverine
  2. glutton (one who eats a lot)

Declension

edit
Declension of ahmoi (Type 17/liipoi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ahmoi ahmoit
genitive ahmoin ahmoloin
partitive ahmoidu ahmoloidu
illative ahmoih ahmoloih
inessive ahmois ahmolois
elative ahmoispäi ahmoloispäi
allative ahmoile ahmoloile
adessive ahmoil ahmoloil
ablative ahmoilpäi ahmoloilpäi
translative ahmoikse ahmoloikse
essive ahmoinnu ahmoloinnu
abessive ahmoittah ahmoloittah
comitative ahmoinke ahmoloinke
instructive ahmoloin
prolative ahmoiči

References

edit
  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) “ahmoi”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
  • Raija Pyöli, Ljudmila Markianova (2021) “ahma”, in Sanakirja suomi–karjala [Dictionary Finnish-Karelian], Helsinki: Karjalan Sivistysseura, →ISBN