kimmiä

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kimedä, of sound-symbolic origin. Cognates include Finnish kimeä and dialectal Estonian kime.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kimmiä (comparative kimmiämp)

  1. bright
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 39:
      Tanvasmattoa ono (kuva 33) kerkiä tuntaa kahest kimmiäst pläkist, kummat ovat hänen pääs, senen takaosas.
      It's easy to recognise the grass snake (picture 33) by its two bright spots, which are on its head, on its backside.
  2. shrill

Declension

Declension of kimmiä (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kimmiä kimmiät
genitive kimmiän kimmiöin
partitive kimmiää kimmiöjä
illative kimmiää kimmiöihe
inessive kimmiääs kimmiöis
elative kimmiäst kimmiöist
allative kimmiälle kimmiöille
adessive kimmiääl kimmiöil
ablative kimmiält kimmiöilt
translative kimmiäks kimmiöiks
essive kimmiännä, kimmiään kimmiöinnä, kimmiöin
exessive1) kimmiänt kimmiöint
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.

Descendants

  • → Votic: kimmiä

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 165

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ingrian kimmiä.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kimmiä

  1. bright

Inflection

Declension of kimmiä (type VI/valka, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kimmiä kimmiäd
genitive kimmiä kimmeije, kimmei
partitive kimmiäte kimmeite, kimmei
illative kimmiäse, kimmiä kimmeise
inessive kimmiäz kimmeiz
elative kimmiässe kimmeisse
allative kimmiäle kimmeile
adessive kimmiälle kimmeille
ablative kimmiälte kimmeilte
translative kimmiässi kimmeissi
*) 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) “kimiä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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