sēmḑa
Livonian
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Finnic *seemi (? *seemi-ttä). Vääri lists sēmd̦a along with salāndõ (“to steal”) and umārz (“apple”) as examples of terms whose cognates cannot be found in other (Baltic) Finnic languages but can be found in Volga Finnic languages (Mari, Mordvinic).[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. suffix?
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseːmɟɑ/, [ˈseːmɟɑ]
Noun
sēmḑa
- milk
- Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “sēmḑa”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
- ta paņ sēmd̦a apāndõm
- he put milk to sour
- tämmõn um vel jemā sēmd̦a kūora tagān
- he still has wet behind the ears (lit. he still has mother's milk behind ears)
- poțā um jemīņ seļļi, kus semd̦i valāb sizzõl
- the pot is rather of the type that you pour milk inside of
- tämmõn at ūld vel jemā sēmd̦aks
- he still has wet behind the ears (lit. his lips are still with mother's milk)
- ta paņ sēmd̦a apāndõm
- Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “sēmḑa”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
Declension
| singular (ikšlu’g) | plural (pǟgiņlu’g) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | sēmḑa | sēmḑad |
| genitive (genitīv) | sēmḑa | sēmḑad |
| partitive (partitīv) | semḑi | sēmḑidi |
| dative (datīv) | sēmḑan | sēmḑadõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | sēmḑaks | sēmḑadõks |
| illative (illatīv) | semḑõ | sēmḑiž |
| inessive (inesīv) | sēmḑas | sēmḑis |
| elative (elatīv) | sēmḑast | sēmḑist |
References
- ^ Eduard Vääri, Īss lībiešu valodas apraksts in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši: rakstu krājums, page 286