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
2. (obsolete) synonym of lakkia (“plain”)

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

• (headland): nenä

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790), “нѣмы”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 693
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 340

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *neemi.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈneːmi/, [ˈnʲeːmʲi]
• (Kattila) IPA^(key): /ˈneːmi/, [ˈnie̯mi]
• Rhymes: -eːmi, -ie̯mi
• Hyphenation: nee‧mi

Noun

neemi

1. meadow
2. floodplain
3. (Kattila) synonym of nenä (“peninsula, cape, headland”)

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), “neemi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn