meesta
Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian место (mesto, “piece of luggage”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmeːstɑ/, [ˈmeːs̠t]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmeːstɑ/, [ˈme̝ːʃtɑ]
- Rhymes: -eːst, -eːstɑ
- Hyphenation: mees‧ta
- Homophone: meestä
Noun
[edit]meesta
- trousseau (clothes taken by the bride to her new home after marriage)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of meesta (type 3/kana, st-ss gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | meesta | meessat |
| genitive | meessan | meestoin |
| partitive | meestaa | meestoja |
| illative | meestaa | meestoi |
| inessive | meessaas | meessois |
| elative | meessast | meessoist |
| allative | meessalle | meessoille |
| adessive | meessaal | meessoil |
| ablative | meessalt | meessoilt |
| translative | meessaks | meessoiks |
| essive | meestanna, meestaan | meestoinna, meestoin |
| exessive1) | meestant | meestoint |
| 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. | ||
References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 308