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minjä

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Ingrian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *minijä. Cognates include Finnish miniä and Estonian minia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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minjä

  1. daughter-in-law

Declension

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Declension of minjä (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative minjä minjät
genitive minjän minjiin
partitive minjää minjiä
illative minjää minjii
inessive minjääs minjiis
elative minjäst minjist
allative minjälle minjille
adessive minjääl minjiil
ablative minjält minjilt
translative minjäks minjiks
essive minjännä, minjään minjinnä, minjiin
exessive1) minjänt minjint
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.

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References

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  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “минья”, 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 311