meez
Votic
Meez
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *mees. Cognate with Finnish mies.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmeːz/, [ˈmeːz̥]
- Rhymes: -eːz̥
- Hyphenation: meez
Noun
meez
- man (adult male human being)
- man, husband
Inflection
| Declension of meez (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | meez | mehed |
| genitive | mehe | mehije, mehi |
| partitive | meesse | mehite, mehi |
| illative | mehee, mehese | mehije, mehise |
| inessive | mehez | mehiz |
| elative | mehesse | mehisse |
| allative | mehele | mehile |
| adessive | mehelle | mehille |
| ablative | mehelte | mehilte |
| translative | mehessi | mehissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn