geminatta

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гемината (geminata).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɡemiˌnɑtːɑ/, [ˈɡe̞miˌnɑtː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɡemiˌnɑtːɑ/, [ˈke̞miˌnɑtːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑtː, -ɑtːɑ
• Hyphenation: ge‧mi‧nat‧ta

Noun

geminatta

1. (phonetics) geminate
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 14:

     Geminatan möö ain kirjutamma kahel bukvaal.

     We always write a geminate with two letters.

Declension

Declension of geminatta (type 3/kana, tt-t gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	geminatta	geminatat
genitive	geminatan	geminattoin
partitive	geminattaa	geminattoja
illative	geminattaa	geminattoi
inessive	geminatas	geminatois
elative	geminatast	geminatoist
allative	geminatalle	geminatoille
adessive	geminatal	geminatoil
ablative	geminatalt	geminatoilt
translative	geminataks	geminatoiks
essive	geminattanna, geminattaan	geminattoinna, geminattoin
exessive1)	geminattant	geminattoint
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

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 14