From Proto-Finnic *neemi. Cognates include Finnish niemi and Estonian neem.
neemi
| Declension of neemi (type 5/lehti, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | neemi | neemet |
| genitive | neemen | neemiin, neemilöin |
| partitive | neemiä | neemijä, neemilöjä |
| illative | neemee | neemii, neemilöihe |
| inessive | neemees | neemiis, neemilöis |
| elative | neemest | neemist, neemilöist |
| allative | neemelle | neemille, neemilöille |
| adessive | neemeel | neemiil, neemilöil |
| ablative | neemelt | neemilt, neemilöilt |
| translative | neemeks | neemiks, neemilöiks |
| essive | neemennä, neemeen | neeminnä, neemilöinnä, neemiin, neemilöin |
| exessive1) | neement | neemint, neemilöint |
| 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. | ||
From Proto-Finnic *neemi.
neemi
| Declension of neemi (type X/tuli, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | neemi | neemed |
| genitive | neeme | neemije, neemii |
| partitive | neente | neemiite, neemii |
| illative | neeme, neemese | neemiise |
| inessive | neemez | neemiiz |
| elative | neemesse | neemiisse |
| allative | neemele | neemiile |
| adessive | neemelle | neemiille |
| ablative | neemelte | neemiilte |
| translative | neemessi | neemiissi |
| *) 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. | ||