sēmḑa
Livonian
Etymology
Vääri lists sēmḑa 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).[1]
Noun
sēmḑa
- milk
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- ta paņ sēmḑa apāndõm
- he put milk to sour
- tämmõn um vel jemā sēmḑa kūora tagān
- he still has wet behind the ears (lit. he still has mother's milk behind ears)
- poțā um jemīņ seļļi, kus semḑi valāb sizzõl
- the pot is rather of the type that you pour milk inside of
- tämmõn at ūld vel jemā sēmḑaks
- he still has wet behind the ears (lit. his lips are still with mother's milk)
- ta paņ sēmḑa apāndõm
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Declension
Declension of sēmḑa (53)
| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | sēmḑa | sēmḑad |
| genitive (genitīv) | sēmḑa | sēmḑad |
| partitive (partitīv) | sēmḑi | sēmḑidi |
| dative (datīv) | sēmḑan | sēmḑadõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | sēmḑaks | sēmḑadõks |
| illative (illatīv) | sēmḑõ | sēmḑiž |
| inessive (inesīv) | sēmḑas | sēmḑis |
| elative (elatīv) | sēmḑast | sēmḑist |
References
- Eduard Vääri, Īss lībiešu valodas apraksts in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši: rakstu krājums, page 286