ǟma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ama"

Livonian

Alternative forms

• jemā

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ämmä, cognate with Finnish ämmä, Estonian ämm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æːmɑ/

Noun

ǟma

1. mother
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     min ǟma

     my mother

     kilā ǟma

     village elder (lit. "village mother")

Declension

Declension of ǟma (43)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	ǟma	ǟmad
genitive (genitīv)	ǟma	ǟmad
partitive (partitīv)	ämmõ	ǟmidi
dative (datīv)	ǟman	ǟmadõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	ǟmaks	ǟmadõks
illative (illatīv)	ämmõ	ǟmiž
inessive (inesīv)	ǟmas	ǟmis
elative (elatīv)	ǟmast	ǟmist