varamuna

Ingrian

Etymology

From vara (“safety”) +‎ muna (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrɑˌmunɑ/, [ˈʋɑrɑˌmunɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrɑˌmunɑ/, [ˈʋɑrɑˌmunɑ]
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Hyphenation: va‧ra‧mu‧na

Noun

varamuna

1. nest egg

Declension

Declension of varamuna (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	varamuna	varamunat
genitive	varamunan	varamunniin
partitive	varamunnaa	varamunnia
illative	varamunnaa	varamunnii
inessive	varamunas	varamunis
elative	varamunast	varamunist
allative	varamunalle	varamunille
adessive	varamunal	varamunil
ablative	varamunalt	varamunilt
translative	varamunaks	varamuniks
essive	varamunanna, varamunnaan	varamuninna, varamunniin
exessive1)	varamunant	varamunint
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.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 640