maonkotain

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Ingrian

Maonkotaiset (1).
Maonkotain (2).

Etymology

From maon (of a worm) +‎ *kota (house) +‎ -in.

The second element is a reflex of Proto-Finnic *kota (tent), which was lost in Ingrian as a separate word.

Pronunciation

Noun

maonkotain

  1. shell
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28:
      Hää meren pohjaas etsii tyhjän maonkottaisen, ja pistää sinne oman vatsaan.
      It searches for an empty shell on the bottom of the sea, and it sticks its own belly in it.
  2. snail
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 25:
      Maaelokkaist ilman selkäpiitä ovat: matokkaiset, sikiäiset, hämöläiset, maonkottaiset, sliizat ja ussiat toiset elokkaat.
      Land animals without a backbone are: worms, insects, spiders, snails, slugs and many other animals.

Declension

Declension of maonkotain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative maonkotain maonkotaiset
genitive maonkotaisen maonkotaisiin
partitive maonkotaista, maonkotaist maonkotaisia
illative maonkotaisee maonkotaisii
inessive maonkotaisees maonkotaisiis
elative maonkotaisest maonkotaisist
allative maonkotaiselle maonkotaisille
adessive maonkotaiseel maonkotaisiil
ablative maonkotaiselt maonkotaisilt
translative maonkotaiseks maonkotaisiks
essive maonkotaisenna, maonkotaiseen maonkotaisinna, maonkotaisiin
exessive1) maonkotaisent maonkotaisint
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.

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 296