begemootta
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian бегемот (begemot).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈbeɡemoːtːɑ/, [ˈbe̞ɡe̞mo̞tː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈbeɡemoːtːɑ/, [ˈpe̞ɡ̊e̞ˌmo̝ːtːɑ]
- Rhymes: -eɡemoːtː, -oːtːɑ
- Hyphenation: be‧ge‧moot‧ta
Noun
begemootta
- hippopotamus
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 85:
- Begemootta — suur elokas. Ellää suuriis Afrikan jo[i]s i järviis.
- The hippo is a large animal. It lives in the big rivers and lakes of Africa.
Declension
| Declension of begemootta (type 3/kana, tt-t gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | begemootta | begemootat |
| genitive | begemootan | begemoottoin |
| partitive | begemoottaa | begemoottoja |
| illative | begemoottaa | begemoottoi |
| inessive | begemootaas | begemootois |
| elative | begemootast | begemootoist |
| allative | begemootalle | begemootoille |
| adessive | begemootaal | begemootoil |
| ablative | begemootalt | begemootoilt |
| translative | begemootaks | begemootoiks |
| essive | begemoottanna, begemoottaan | begemoottoinna, begemoottoin |
| exessive1) | begemoottant | begemoottoint |
| 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. | ||