izā
Livonian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *icä, from Proto-Uralic *ićä. Cognate with Finnish isä, Estonian isa, Northern Sámi áhcci and Hungarian ős.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editizā
- father
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- izā pierrõ
- to be the spitting image of one's father (lit. "after father")
- ma neiz eņtš izzõ unsõ
- I saw my father in a dream
- mēg izāks keimõ miersõ
- me and my father were going to sea (lit. "we with father...")
- mēg mǟdlõm eņtš ižḑi
- we remember our fathers
- ta lǟb eņtš izā riekkõ
- he is following in his father's footsteps (lit. "he is going his father's path")
- izā pierrõ
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Declension
editDeclension of izā (25)