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mänte

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Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *mäntä.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mänte

  1. whorl
  2. whisk

Inflection

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Declension of mänte (type VIII/päive, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative mänte männed
genitive männä mäntije, mäntii
partitive mäntä mäntiite, mäntii
illative mäntäse, mäntä mäntiise
inessive männez mäntiiz
elative männesse mäntiisse
allative männele mäntiile
adessive männelle mäntiille
ablative männelte mäntiilte
translative männessi mäntiissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn