jemā
See also: jema
Livonian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *emä, from Proto-Uralic *emä; cognates include Estonian ema, Finnish emä and Hungarian eme (“sow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jemā
- mother
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- jemā ārmaztimi
- mother's love
- jemā sēmḑa
- mother's milk
- jemā pierrõ
- to be the spitting image of one's mother (lit. "after mother")
- tämmõn um vel jemā sēmḑa kūora tagān
- he is still wet behind the ears (lit. "he still has mother's milk behind his ears")
- jemā ārmaztimi
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Declension
[edit]| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | jemā | jemād |
| genitive (genitīv) | jemā | jemād |
| partitive (partitīv) | jemmõ | jemīdi |
| dative (datīv) | jemān | jemādõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | jemāks | jemādõks |
| illative (illatīv) | jemmõ | jemīž |
| inessive (inesīv) | jemās | jemīs |
| elative (elatīv) | jemāst | jemīst |