Ingrian

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Etymology

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From emä (mother) +‎ muna (potato).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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emämuna

  1. seed potato

Declension

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Declension of emämuna (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative emämuna emämunat
genitive emämunan emämunniin
partitive emämunnaa emämunnia
illative emämunnaa emämunnii
inessive emämunas emämunis
elative emämunast emämunist
allative emämunalle emämunille
adessive emämunal emämunil
ablative emämunalt emämunilt
translative emämunaks emämuniks
essive emämunanna, emämunnaan emämuninna, emämunniin
exessive1) emämunant emämunint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 32