eläme

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *elämä.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈelæmæ/,
  • Rhymes: -elæmæ
  • Hyphenation: e‧lä‧me

Noun

eläme

  1. life
    Synonym: elo

Inflection

Declension of eläme (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative eläme elämed
genitive elämä elämije, elämii
partitive elämä elämiite, elämii
illative elämääse, elämä elämiise
inessive elämez elämiiz
elative elämässe elämiisse
allative elämälee elämiile
adessive elämälle elämiille
ablative elämälte elämiilte
translative elämässi elämiissi
*) 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

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “elämä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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