Borrowed from Swedish majs, from Spanish maíz. from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.
maissi
Inflection of maissi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | maissi | maissit | |
genitive | maissin | maissien | |
partitive | maissia | maisseja | |
illative | maissiin | maisseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | maissi | maissit | |
accusative | nom. | maissi | maissit |
gen. | maissin | ||
genitive | maissin | maissien | |
partitive | maissia | maisseja | |
inessive | maississa | maisseissa | |
elative | maissista | maisseista | |
illative | maissiin | maisseihin | |
adessive | maissilla | maisseilla | |
ablative | maissilta | maisseilta | |
allative | maissille | maisseille | |
essive | maissina | maisseina | |
translative | maissiksi | maisseiksi | |
abessive | maissitta | maisseitta | |
instructive | — | maissein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
maissi
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
maissi also mmaissi after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
maissi pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |