sēmd̦a

Livonian

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Finnic *seemi. Vääri lists sēmd̦a along with salāndõ (“to steal”) and umārz (“apple”) as examples of terms whose cognates cannot be found in other (Baltic) Finnic languages but can be found in Volga Finnic languages (Mari, Mordvinic).

Noun

sēmd̦a

1. milk
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     ta paņ sēmd̦a apāndõm

     he put milk to sour

     tämmõn um vel jemā sēmd̦a kūora tagān

     he still has wet behind the ears (lit. he still has mother's milk behind ears)

     poțā um jemīņ seļļi, kus semd̦i valāb sizzõl

     the pot is rather of the type that you pour milk inside of

     tämmõn at ūld vel jemā sēmd̦aks

     he still has wet behind the ears (lit. his lips are still with mother's milk)

Declension

Declension of sēmd̦a (53)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	sēmd̦a	sēmd̦ad
genitive (genitīv)	sēmd̦a	sēmd̦ad
partitive (partitīv)	sēmd̦i	sēmd̦idi
dative (datīv)	sēmd̦an	sēmd̦adõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	sēmd̦aks	sēmd̦adõks
illative (illatīv)	sēmd̦õ	sēmd̦iž
inessive (inesīv)	sēmd̦as	sēmd̦is
elative (elatīv)	sēmd̦ast	sēmd̦ist