jemā

See also: jema

Livonian

Alternative forms

• ǟma

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *emä, from Proto-Uralic *emä; cognates include Estonian ema, Finnish emä and Hungarian eme (“sow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jemɑː/

Noun

jemā

1. 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")

Declension

Declension of jemā (39)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	jemā	jemād
genitive (genitīv)	jemā	jemād
partitive (partitīv)	jemmõ	jemīdi
dative (datīv)	jemān	jemādõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	jemāks	jemādõks
illative (illatīv)	jemmõ	jemīž
inessive (inesīv)	jemās	jemīs
elative (elatīv)	jemāst	jemīst

Related terms

• izā
• pūoga
• tidār