vanaema

Estonian

Etymology

vana +‎ ema

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑnɑˌemɑ/, [ˈvɑnɑˌemɑ]
  • Rhymes: -emɑ
  • Hyphenation: va‧na‧ema

Noun

vanaema (genitive vanaema, partitive vanaema)

  1. grandmother
    Coordinate term: vanaisa (“grandfather”)

Declension

Declension of vanaema (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vanaema vanaemad
accusative nom.
gen. vanaema
genitive vanaemade
partitive vanaema vanaemasid
illative vanaema
vanaemasse 		vanaemadesse
inessive vanaemas vanaemades
elative vanaemast vanaemadest
allative vanaemale vanaemadele
adessive vanaemal vanaemadel
ablative vanaemalt vanaemadelt
translative vanaemaks vanaemadeks
terminative vanaemani vanaemadeni
essive vanaemana vanaemadena
abessive vanaemata vanaemadeta
comitative vanaemaga vanaemadega

References

  • vanaema in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “vanaema”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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