makkia

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *makëda. Cognates include Finnish makea and Estonian mage.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑkiɑ/, [ˈmɑkːe̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑkiɑ/, [ˈmɑkˑiɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑkeː, -ɑkiɑ
• Hyphenation: mak‧ki‧a

Adjective

makkia (comparative makkiamp)

1. sweet
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24:

     Unilinnut ja kimalaiset toittiijaat makkiaal kukan meel, lampaat ja lehmät söövät heinää, cirkkulaiset ja kyyhkyläiset nokkiit jyvviä, vesimaonkottaiset närivät rohhoa vesikasvoloist.

     Butterflies and bumblebees feed theirselves with the sweet nectar of flowers, sheep and cows eat hay, sparrows and doves peck grain, sea snails chew grass from water plants.

2. tasty
3. fresh (of food)

Declension

Declension of makkia (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	makkia	makkiat
genitive	makkian	makkioin
partitive	makkiaa	makkioja
illative	makkiaa	makkioihe
inessive	makkiaas	makkiois
elative	makkiast	makkioist
allative	makkialle	makkioille
adessive	makkiaal	makkioil
ablative	makkialt	makkioilt
translative	makkiaks	makkioiks
essive	makkianna, makkiaan	makkioinna, makkioin
exessive1)	makkiant	makkioint
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.

Derived terms

• makkiataikina

 

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “маккїа”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 699
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 293

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *makëda.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑkiɑ̯/, [ˈmɑkːiɑ̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑkiɑ̯
• Hyphenation: mak‧kia

Adjective

makkia

1. sweet

Inflection

Declension of makkia (type VI/valka, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	makkia	makkiad
genitive	makkia	makkiaijõ, makkiai
partitive	makkiatõ	makkiaitõ, makkiai
illative	makkiasõ, makkia	makkiaisõ
inessive	makkiaz	makkiaiz
elative	makkiassõ	makkiaissõ
allative	makkialõ	makkiailõ
adessive	makkiallõ	makkiaillõ
ablative	makkialtõ	makkiailtõ
translative	makkiassi	makkiaissi
*) 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.