meesta

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Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian место (mesto, “piece of luggage”).

Pronunciation

Noun

meesta

  1. trousseau (clothes taken by the bride to her new home after marriage)

Declension

Declension of meesta (type 3/kana, st-ss gradation)
singular plural
nominative meesta meessat
genitive meessan meestoin
partitive meestaa meestoja
illative meestaa meestoi
inessive meessaas meessois
elative meessast meessoist
allative meessalle meessoille
adessive meessaal meessoil
ablative meessalt meessoilt
translative meessaks meessoiks
essive meestanna, meestaan meestoinna, meestoin
exessive1) meestant meestoint
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.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 308
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