muamo

Karelian

Regional variants of muamo

North Karelian (Viena)	muamo
South Karelian (Tver)	muamo

Etymology

Originally baby talk. Compare Russian мама (mama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɑ̯mo/
• Hyphenation: mua‧mo

Noun

muamo (genitive muamon, partitive muamuo)

1. mother, mum

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of muamo (type 1/tyttö, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	muamo	muamot
genitive	muamon	muamojen
partitive	muamuo	muamoja
illative	muamoh	muamoloih
inessive	muamošša	muamoloissa
elative	muamošta	muamoloista
adessive	muamolla	muamoloilla
ablative	muamolta	muamoloilta
translative	muamokši	muamoloiksi
essive	muamona	muamoloina
comitative	—	muamoloineh
abessive	muamotta	muamoloitta

Tver Karelian declension of muamo (type 1/tyttö no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	muamo	muamot
genitive	muamon	muamoloin
partitive	muamuo	muamoloida
illative	muamoh	muamoloih
inessive	muamošša	muamoloissa
elative	muamošta	muamoloista
adessive	muamolla	muamoloilla
ablative	muamolda	muamoloilda
translative	muamokši	muamoloiksi
essive	muamona	muamoloina
comitative	muamonke	muamoloinke
abessive	muamotta	muamoloitta

Possessive forms of muamo
1st person	muamoni
2nd person	muamoš
3rd person	muamoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “muamo”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “мама”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN