silmämuna

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See also: silmamuna

Finnish

Etymology

silmä +‎ muna

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsilmæˌmunɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -unɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): silmä‧muna

Noun

silmämuna

  1. eyeball

Declension

Inflection of silmämuna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative silmämuna silmämunat
genitive silmämunan silmämunien
partitive silmämunaa silmämunia
illative silmämunaan silmämuniin
singular plural
nominative silmämuna silmämunat
accusative nom. silmämuna silmämunat
gen. silmämunan
genitive silmämunan silmämunien
silmämunain rare
partitive silmämunaa silmämunia
inessive silmämunassa silmämunissa
elative silmämunasta silmämunista
illative silmämunaan silmämuniin
adessive silmämunalla silmämunilla
ablative silmämunalta silmämunilta
allative silmämunalle silmämunille
essive silmämunana silmämunina
translative silmämunaksi silmämuniksi
abessive silmämunatta silmämunitta
instructive silmämunin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of silmämuna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

From silmä (eye) +‎ muna (egg). Akin to Finnish silmämuna.

Pronunciation

Noun

silmämuna

  1. eyeball

Declension

Declension of silmämuna (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative silmämuna silmämunat
genitive silmämunan silmämunniin
partitive silmämunnaa silmämunnia
illative silmämunnaa silmämunnii
inessive silmämunas silmämunis
elative silmämunast silmämunist
allative silmämunalle silmämunille
adessive silmämunal silmämunil
ablative silmämunalt silmämunilt
translative silmämunaks silmämuniks
essive silmämunanna, silmämunnaan silmämuninna, silmämunniin
exessive1) silmämunant silmämunint
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 526