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

  1. man (adult male human being)
  2. 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
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