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Etymology
From earlier -dmöt, -dmö, from merging -d (partitive suffix) + möto (posposition), which in turn derives from Proto-Finnic *möötä.
Suffix
-dme
- Case suffix used to form the prolative case; along (something)
Usage notes
- Takes the form -tme if the word in partitve ends with -t, e.g.:
- When several words in the sentence require the case, -me is appended to the last one (though in folklore text and formal speech all words can take it):
- Mänen levedadme tehutme = Mänen levedad tehutme — "I'm going along the wide road"
See also
- -iči (another prolative case)
- -d (partitive case)
Further reading
- Maria I. Zaitseva (1981) Yu. S. Yeliseyev, editor, Грамматика вепсского языка (фонетика и морфология), Leningrad, pages 186, 190