(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
maila inan
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | maila | maila | mailak |
ergative | mailak | mailak | mailek |
dative | mailari | mailari | mailei |
genitive | mailaren | mailaren | mailen |
comitative | mailarekin | mailarekin | mailekin |
causative | mailarengatik | mailarengatik | mailengatik |
benefactive | mailarentzat | mailarentzat | mailentzat |
instrumental | mailaz | mailaz | mailez |
inessive | mailatan | mailan | mailetan |
locative | mailatako | mailako | mailetako |
allative | mailatara | mailara | mailetara |
terminative | mailataraino | mailaraino | mailetaraino |
directive | mailatarantz | mailarantz | mailetarantz |
destinative | mailatarako | mailarako | mailetarako |
ablative | mailatatik | mailatik | mailetatik |
partitive | mailarik | — | — |
prolative | mailatzat | — | — |
Probably borrowed from Swedish malj, from French mail, from Latin malleus. Metathesis took place in order to avoid the form *malja, which would have been homonymous with malja (“goblet, bowl, cup, chalice”).[1]
maila
Inflection of maila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | maila | mailat | |
genitive | mailan | mailojen | |
partitive | mailaa | mailoja | |
illative | mailaan | mailoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | maila | mailat | |
accusative | nom. | maila | mailat |
gen. | mailan | ||
genitive | mailan | mailojen mailain rare | |
partitive | mailaa | mailoja | |
inessive | mailassa | mailoissa | |
elative | mailasta | mailoista | |
illative | mailaan | mailoihin | |
adessive | mailalla | mailoilla | |
ablative | mailalta | mailoilta | |
allative | mailalle | mailoille | |
essive | mailana | mailoina | |
translative | mailaksi | mailoiksi | |
abessive | mailatta | mailoitta | |
instructive | — | mailoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
maila
Compound of mai (“hither”) + lā (“there, then”).
maila