meez

Votic
Meez

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mees. Cognate with Finnish mies.

Pronunciation
  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmeːz/, [ˈmeːz̥]
  • Rhymes: -eːz̥
  • Hyphenation: meez

Noun

meez

  1. man (adult male human being)
  2. man, husband
    menne mehele ― to get a husband, get married with a man

Inflection
Declension of meez (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative meez mehhed
genitive mehe mehije, mehii
partitive meesse mehiite, mehii
illative mehhese, mehhe mehiise
inessive mehhez mehiiz
elative mehhesse mehiisse
allative mehhele mehiile
adessive mehhelle mehiille
ablative mehhelte mehiilte
translative mehhessi mehiissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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