vanaema

Estonian

Etymology

vana +‎ ema

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvenɑˌemɑ/, [ˈvenɑˌemɑ]
• Rhymes: -emɑ
• Hyphenation: ve‧na‧e‧ma

Noun

vanaema (genitive vanaema, partitive vanaema)

1. grandmother

   Coordinate term: vanaisa (“grandfather”)

   Synonym: koosu

Declension

Declension of vanaema (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vanaema	vanaemad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vanaema
genitive			vanaemade
partitive		vanaema	vanaemasid
illative		vanaema vanaemasse	vanaemadesse
inessive		vanaemas	vanaemades
elative		vanaemast	vanaemadest
allative		vanaemale	vanaemadele
adessive		vanaemal	vanaemadel
ablative		vanaemalt	vanaemadelt
translative		vanaemaks	vanaemadeks
terminative		vanaemani	vanaemadeni
essive		vanaemana	vanaemadena
abessive		vanaemata	vanaemadeta
comitative		vanaemaga	vanaemadega

References

• vanaema in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “vanaema”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009