"nisä" meaning in Proto-Finnic

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Noun

Etymology: Possibly from Proto-Uralic *ńimśä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *ńińčē. Etymology templates: {{inh|urj-fin-pro|urj-pro|*ńimśä}} Proto-Uralic *ńimśä, {{cog|smi-pro|*ńińčē}} Proto-Samic *ńińčē Inflection templates: {{urj-fin-decl|nisä}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], nisä [nominative, singular], nisät [nominative, plural], nisän [accusative, singular], nisät [accusative, plural], nisän [genitive, singular], nisäden [genitive, plural], niseiden [genitive, plural], nisädä [partitive, singular], niseidä [partitive, plural], nisässä [inessive, singular], nisähnä [inessive, singular], niseissä [inessive, plural], niseihnä [inessive, plural], nisästä [elative, singular], niseistä [elative, plural], nisähen [illative, singular], niseihen [illative, plural], nisällä [adessive, singular], niseillä [adessive, plural], nisältä [ablative, singular], niseiltä [ablative, plural], nisälen [allative, singular], nisälek [allative, singular], niseilen [allative, plural], niseilek [allative, plural], nisänä [essive, singular], niseinä [essive, plural], nisäksi [singular, translative], niseiksi [plural, translative], nisän [instructive, singular], nisein [instructive, plural], nisänek [comitative, singular], niseinek [comitative, plural], nisättä [abessive, singular], niseittä [abessive, plural]
  1. teat, breast Tags: reconstruction Derived forms: nisu
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "nisa"
          },
          "expansion": "Estonian: nisa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Estonian: nisa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "nisä"
          },
          "expansion": "Finnish: nisä",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Finnish: nisä"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vep",
            "2": "niža"
          },
          "expansion": "Veps: niža",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Veps: niža"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vro",
            "2": "nisa"
          },
          "expansion": "Võro: nisa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Võro: nisa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vot",
            "2": "nisä",
            "q1": "Kattila"
          },
          "expansion": "Votic: (Kattila) nisä",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Votic: (Kattila) nisä"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*ńimśä"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *ńimśä",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "smi-pro",
        "2": "*ńińčē"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Samic *ńińčē",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from Proto-Uralic *ńimśä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *ńińčē.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urj-fin-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisät",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisän",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisät",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisän",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisäden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseiden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisädä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseidä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisässä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisähnä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseissä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseihnä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisästä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseistä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisähen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseihen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisällä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseillä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisältä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseiltä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisälen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisälek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseilen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseilek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisänä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseinä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisäksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseiksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisän",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisein",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisänek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseinek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisättä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseittä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nisä"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nisä",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/a-ei",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "nisu"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "teat, breast"
      ],
      "id": "en-nisä-urj-fin-pro-noun-KSr~cEJQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "teat",
          "teat"
        ],
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nisä"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nisu"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "nisa"
          },
          "expansion": "Estonian: nisa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Estonian: nisa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "nisä"
          },
          "expansion": "Finnish: nisä",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Finnish: nisä"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vep",
            "2": "niža"
          },
          "expansion": "Veps: niža",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Veps: niža"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vro",
            "2": "nisa"
          },
          "expansion": "Võro: nisa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Võro: nisa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vot",
            "2": "nisä",
            "q1": "Kattila"
          },
          "expansion": "Votic: (Kattila) nisä",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Votic: (Kattila) nisä"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*ńimśä"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *ńimśä",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "smi-pro",
        "2": "*ńińčē"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Samic *ńińčē",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from Proto-Uralic *ńimśä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *ńińčē.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urj-fin-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisät",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisän",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisät",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisän",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisäden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseiden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisädä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseidä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisässä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisähnä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseissä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseihnä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisästä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseistä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisähen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseihen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisällä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseillä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisältä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseiltä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisälen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisälek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseilen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseilek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisänä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseinä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisäksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseiksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisän",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisein",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisänek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseinek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nisättä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niseittä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nisä"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nisä",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Finnic lemmas",
        "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/a-ei",
        "Proto-Finnic nouns",
        "Proto-Finnic terms derived from Proto-Uralic",
        "Proto-Finnic terms inherited from Proto-Uralic",
        "urj-fin-pro:Body"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "teat, breast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "teat",
          "teat"
        ],
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nisä"
}

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