silmu

See also: silmü

Finnish

Etymology

silmä + -u

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsilmu/, [ˈs̠ilmu]
  • Rhymes: -ilmu
  • Syllabification(key): sil‧mu

Noun

silmu

  1. bud of a leaf.
  2. (rare) lamprey

Declension

Inflection of silmu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative silmu silmut
genitive silmun silmujen
partitive silmua silmuja
illative silmuun silmuihin
singular plural
nominative silmu silmut
accusative nom. silmu silmut
gen. silmun
genitive silmun silmujen
partitive silmua silmuja
inessive silmussa silmuissa
elative silmusta silmuista
illative silmuun silmuihin
adessive silmulla silmuilla
ablative silmulta silmuilta
allative silmulle silmuille
essive silmuna silmuina
translative silmuksi silmuiksi
instructive silmuin
abessive silmutta silmuitta
comitative silmuineen
Possessive forms of silmu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person silmuni silmumme
2nd person silmusi silmunne
3rd person silmunsa

Derived terms


Ingrian

Kaks silmua.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *silmu, equivalent to silmä (eye) + -u. Cognates include Finnish silmu and Estonian silmu.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsilmu/, [ˈs̠iɫmŭ̥]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsilmu/, [ˈʃiɫmu]
  • Rhymes: -ilmu
  • Hyphenation: sil‧mu

Noun

silmu

  1. lamprey

Declension

Declension of silmu (type 4/koivu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative silmu silmut
genitive silmun silmuin, silmuloin
partitive silmua silmuja, silmuloja
illative silmuu silmui, silmuloihe
inessive silmuus silmuis, silmulois
elative silmust silmuist, silmuloist
allative silmulle silmuille, silmuloille
adessive silmuul silmuil, silmuloil
ablative silmult silmuilt, silmuloilt
translative silmuks silmuiks, silmuloiks
essive silmunna, silmuun silmuinna, silmuloinna, silmuin, silmuloin
exessive1) silmunt silmuint, silmuloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 525

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *silmu.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsilmu/, [ˈsiɫmu]
  • Rhymes: -ilmu
  • Hyphenation: sil‧mu

Noun

silmu

  1. lamprey

Inflection

Declension of silmu (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative silmu silmud
genitive silmu silmuje, silmujõ, silmui
partitive silmua silmuitõ, silmui
illative silmu, silmusõ silmuje, silmujõ, silmuisõ
inessive silmuz silmuiz
elative silmussõ silmuissõ
allative silmulõ silmuilõ
adessive silmullõ silmuillõ
ablative silmultõ silmuiltõ
translative silmussi silmuissi
*) 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), silmu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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