leemi

leemi

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *leemi. Cognates include Finnish liemi and Estonian leem.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈleːmi/, [ˈlʲeːmʲ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈleːmi/, [ˈle̝ːmi]
  • Rhymes: -eːmʲ, -eːmi
  • Hyphenation: lee‧mi

Noun

leemi

  1. soup, broth

Declension

Declension of leemi (type 5/keeli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative leemi leemet
genitive leemen leemiin, leemilöin
partitive leentä, leent leemiä, leemilöjä
illative leemee leemii, leemilöihe
inessive leemees leemiis, leemilöis
elative leemest leemist, leemilöist
allative leemelle leemille, leemilöille
adessive leemeel leemiil, leemilöil
ablative leemelt leemilt, leemilöilt
translative leemeks leemiks, leemilöiks
essive leemennä, leemeen leeminnä, leemilöinnä, leemiin, leemilöin
exessive1) leement leemint, leemilöint
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 264

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *leemi, from Proto-Uralic *läme.

Pronunciation

  • (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈleːmi/, [ˈleːmʲi]
  • (Kattila) IPA(key): /ˈleːmi/, [ˈlie̯mi]
  • Rhymes: -eːmi, -ie̯mi
  • Hyphenation: lee‧mi

Noun

leemi

  1. (Jõgõperä) thin soup
  2. (Central Votic) broth

Inflection

Declension of leemi (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative leemi leemed
genitive leeme leemije
partitive leente leemiit
illative leeme, leemese leemiise
inessive leemez leemiiz
elative leemess leemiiss
allative leemelle leemiille
adessive leemell leemiill
ablative leemelt leemiilt
translative leemessi leemiissi
*) 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.
For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

References

  • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “leemi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tallinn