meez

Votic

Meez

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mees. Cognate with Finnish mies.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːz/, [ˈmeːz̥]
• Rhymes: -eːz̥
• Hyphenation: meez

Noun

meez

1. man (adult male human being)
2. man, husband

   menne mehele ― to get a husband, get married with a man

Inflection

Declension of meez (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	meez	mehed
genitive	mehe	mehije, mehii
partitive	meesse	mehiite, mehii
illative	mehhese, mehhe	mehiise
inessive	mehez	mehiiz
elative	mehesse	mehiisse
allative	mehele	mehiile
adessive	mehelle	mehiille
ablative	mehelte	mehiilte
translative	mehessi	mehiissi
*) 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