nänne

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nännä.

Pronunciation

Noun

nänne

  1. female breast
  2. nipple

Inflection

Declension of nänne (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative nänne nänned
genitive nännä nännije, nännii
partitive nännä nänniite, nännii
illative nännäse, nännä nänniise
inessive nännez nänniiz
elative nännesse nänniisse
allative nännele nänniile
adessive nännelle nänniille
ablative nännelte nänniilte
translative nännessi nänniissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “nännä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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