From Proto-Finnic *minijä. Cognates include Finnish miniä and Estonian minia.
minjä
| Declension of minjä (type 3/koira, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | minjä | minjät |
| genitive | minjän | minjiin |
| partitive | minjää | minjiä |
| illative | minjää | minjii |
| inessive | minjääs | minjiis |
| elative | minjäst | minjist |
| allative | minjälle | minjille |
| adessive | minjääl | minjiil |
| ablative | minjält | minjilt |
| translative | minjäks | minjiks |
| essive | minjännä, minjään | minjinnä, minjiin |
| exessive1) | minjänt | minjint |
| 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. | ||