minʹnʹõ

Votic

Alternative forms

• minʹdʹõ, minʹjõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *minijä.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɲːɑ/, [ˈmʲiɲːə̠]
• Rhymes: -iɲːɑ
• Hyphenation: minʹ‧nʹõ

Noun

minʹnʹõ

1. sister-in-law (especially the wife of one's brother or brother-in-law)

Inflection

Declension of minʹnʹõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	minʹnʹõ	minʹnʹõd
genitive	minʹnʹa	minʹnʹojõ, minʹnʹoi
partitive	minʹnʹa	minʹnʹoitõ, minʹnʹoi
illative	minʹnʹasõ, minʹnʹa	minʹnʹoisõ
inessive	minʹnʹõz	minʹnʹoiz
elative	minʹnʹõssõ	minʹnʹoissõ
allative	minʹnʹõlõ	minʹnʹoilõ
adessive	minʹnʹõllõ	minʹnʹoillõ
ablative	minʹnʹõltõ	minʹnʹoiltõ
translative	minʹnʹõssi	minʹnʹoissi
*) 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) “mind́a”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn