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mähä

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See also: maha, mahā, and māha

Swedish

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Etymology

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Likely onomatopoeic, imitating the sound of sheep. Compare Danish mæhæ, Norwegian mehe. First attested in 1582.

Noun

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mähä n

  1. (colloquial, depreciative) a pushover, fool

Declension

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Further reading

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Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *mäihä.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mähä

  1. cambium

Inflection

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Declension of mähä (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative mähä mähäd
genitive mähä mähije, mähii
partitive mähhä mähiite, mähii
illative mähhäse, mähhä mähiise
inessive mähäz mähiiz
elative mähässe mähiisse
allative mähäle mähiile
adessive mähälle mähiille
ablative mähälte mähiilte
translative mähässi mähiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “mähä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn