Votic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *inhiminen. Compare Finnish ihminen, Estonian inimene, Võro inemine.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈinimiːn/, [ˈinʲimʲin]
  • Rhymes: -inimiːn
  • Hyphenation: i‧ni‧min

Noun

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inimin

  1. human

Inflection

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Declension of inimin (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative inimin inimized
genitive inimize inimisiije, inimisii
partitive inimisse inimisiite, inimisii
illative inimisse, inimissese inimisiise
inessive inimizez inimisiiz
elative inimizesse inimisiisse
allative inimizele inimisiile
adessive inimizelle inimisiille
ablative inimizelte inimisiilte
translative inimizessi inimisiissi
*) 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

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