izā

See also: iza, Iza, izá, ižä, iza-, -iza, and -izà

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *icä, from Proto-Uralic *ićä. Cognate with Finnish isä, Estonian isa, Northern Sámi áhcci and Hungarian ős.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /izɑː/

Noun

izā

1. father
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     izā pierrõ

     to be the spitting image of one's father (lit. "after father")

     ma neiz eņtš izzõ unsõ

     I saw my father in a dream

     mēg izāks keimõ miersõ

     me and my father were going to sea (lit. "we with father...")

     mēg mǟdlõm eņtš ižḑi

     we remember our fathers

     ta lǟb eņtš izā riekkõ

     he is following in his father's footsteps (lit. "he is going his father's path")

Declension

Declension of izā (25)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	izā	izād
genitive (genitīv)	izā	izād
partitive (partitīv)	izzõ	ižḑi
dative (datīv)	izān	izādõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	izāks	izādõks
illative (illatīv)	izzõ	izīž
inessive (inesīv)	izās	izīs
elative (elatīv)	izāst	izīst

Derived terms

• izāmō

Related terms

• jemā
• ǟma
• pūoga
• tidār