jemā
See also: jema
Livonian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *emä, from Proto-Uralic *emä; cognates include Estonian ema, Finnish emä and Hungarian eme (“sow”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjemā
- mother
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- jemā ārmaztimi
- mother's love
- jemā sēmḑa
- mother's milk
- jemā pierrõ
- to be the spitting image of one's mother (lit. "after mother")
- tämmõn um vel jemā sēmḑa kūora tagān
- he is still wet behind the ears (lit. "he still has mother's milk behind his ears")
- jemā ārmaztimi
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Declension
editDeclension of jemā (39)