wumje

Lower Sorbian
wumje

Alternative forms
  • huḿe (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vymę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥. Cognate with Upper Sorbian wumjo, Polish wymię, Old Czech výmě, Russian вы́мя (výmja), Serbo-Croatian vȉme.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈumʲɛ/, [ˈumʲə]

Noun

wumje n inan (genitive singular wumjenja, diminutive wumuško)

  1. udder (organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals)

Declension
declension of wumje
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative wumje wumjeni wumjenja
Genitive wumjenja wumjenjowu wumjenjow
Dative wumjenjeju wumjenjoma wumjenjam
Accusative wumje wumjeni wumjenja
Instrumental wumjenim wumjenjoma wumjenjami
Locative wumjenju wumjenjoma wumjenjach

Further reading
  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “huḿe”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wumje”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
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