wumje

Lower Sorbian

wumje

Alternative forms

huḿe (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vymę; cognate with Upper Sorbian wumjo, Polish wymię, Czech výmě, Russian вы́мя (výmja), Serbo-Croatian vȉme.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈumʲɛ/, [ˈumʲə]

Noun

wumje n (genitive wumjenja, diminutive wumuško)

udder (organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals)

Declension

declension of wumje

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	wumje	wumjeni	wumjenja
Genitive	wumjenja	wumjenjowu	wumjenjow
Dative	wumjenjeju	wumjenjoma	wumjenjam
Accusative	wumje	wumjeni	wumjenja
Instrumental	wumjenim	wumjenjoma	wumjenjami
Locative	wumjenju	wumjenjoma	wumjenjach

Further reading

huḿe in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
wumje in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

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