neemi

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *neemi. Cognates include Finnish niemi and Estonian neem.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈneːmi/, [ˈneːmʲ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈneːmi/, [ˈne̝ːmi]
  • Rhymes: -eːmʲ, -eːmi
  • Hyphenation: nee‧mi

Noun

neemi

  1. cape, headland

Declension

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.

Synonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 340

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *neemi.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈneːmi/, [ˈneːmʲi]
  • Rhymes: -eːmi
  • Hyphenation: nee‧mi

Noun

neemi

  1. meadow
  2. floodplain

Inflection

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.

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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