ettee

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Ingrian

Spatial inflection of ettee
→○ illative ettee
inessive ees
○→ elative eest

Pronunciation

Adverb

ettee

  1. (of motion) forward
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
      Ken arvajaa matkapoolen itsest - „oikiaa“, „kurraa“, „ettee“, „takkaa“, - se kiiree öksyy veerahas paikaas.
      Whoever determines the direction of a journey from oneself - „to the right“, „to the left“, „forward“, „backward“, - that will quickly get lost in an unfamiliar location.

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Postposition

ettee (+ genitive)

  1. (of motion) in front of
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
      Panniit itseen ettee tämän paikan plaanun ja peenen priboran - „kumpassin“.
      They put in front of themselves a plan of this place and a small equipment - „a compass“.

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Preposition

ettee (+ partitive)

  1. (of motion) in front of

Noun

ettee

  1. illative singular of esi (front)

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References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 37