maonkotain

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Ingrian

Maonkotain.

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. snail

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