From elama (“to live”) + -mu. Coined by Estonian terminologist and lexicographer Johannes Voldemar Veski in 1921.
elamu (genitive elamu, partitive elamut)
Declension of elamu (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | elamu | elamud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | elamu | ||
genitive | elamute | ||
partitive | elamut | elamuid | |
illative | elamusse | elamutesse elamuisse | |
inessive | elamus | elamutes elamuis | |
elative | elamust | elamutest elamuist | |
allative | elamule | elamutele elamuile | |
adessive | elamul | elamutel elamuil | |
ablative | elamult | elamutelt elamuilt | |
translative | elamuks | elamuteks elamuiks | |
terminative | elamuni | elamuteni | |
essive | elamuna | elamutena | |
abessive | elamuta | elamuteta | |
comitative | elamuga | elamutega |