mänte

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mäntä.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmæntæ/, [ˈmʲæntʲə̟]
• Rhymes: -æntæ
• Hyphenation: män‧te

Noun

mänte

1. whorl
2. whisk

Inflection

Declension of mänte (type VIII/päive, nt-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mänte	männed
genitive	männä	mäntije, mäntii
partitive	mäntä	mäntiite, mäntii
illative	mäntäse, mäntä	mäntiise
inessive	männez	mäntiiz
elative	männesse	mäntiisse
allative	männele	mäntiile
adessive	männelle	mäntiille
ablative	männelte	mäntiilte
translative	männessi	mäntiissi
*) 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

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