mainia

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mainit'ak, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną. Cognates include Finnish mainita and Estonian mainida.

The syncope of -t- is irregular, but appears also in Votic mainia. The original form survives as mainita.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯niɑ/, [ˈmɑi̯ne̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯niɑ/, [ˈmɑi̯niɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯neː, -ɑi̯niɑ
• Hyphenation: mai‧ni‧a

Verb

mainia

1. (transitive) to mention
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 42:

     Senen nimi mainikaa.

     Mention its name.

Conjugation

Conjugation of mainia (type 7/oppia, no gradation)
Indikativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	mainin	en maini	1st singular	oon mainint, oon maininut	en oo mainint, en oo maininut
2nd singular	mainit	et maini	2nd singular	oot mainint, oot maininut	et oo mainint, et oo maininut
3rd singular	mainii	ei maini	3rd singular	ono mainint, ono maininut	ei oo mainint, ei oo maininut
1st plural	mainimma	emmä maini	1st plural	oomma mainineet	emmä oo mainineet
2nd plural	mainitta	että maini	2nd plural	ootta mainineet	että oo mainineet
3rd plural	mainiit1), mainivat2), mainitaa	evät maini, ei mainita	3rd plural	ovat mainineet	evät oo mainineet, ei oo mainittu
impersonal	mainitaa	ei mainita	impersonal	ono mainittu	ei oo mainittu
Imperfekta			Pluskvamperfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	mainin	en mainint, en maininut	1st singular	olin mainint, olin maininut	en olt mainint, en olt maininut
2nd singular	mainit	et mainint, et maininut	2nd singular	olit mainint, olit maininut	et olt mainint, et olt maininut
3rd singular	maini	ei mainint, ei maininut	3rd singular	oli mainint, oli maininut	ei olt mainint, ei olt maininut
1st plural	mainimma	emmä mainineet	1st plural	olimma mainineet	emmä olleet mainineet
2nd plural	mainitta	että mainineet	2nd plural	olitta mainineet	että olleet mainineet
3rd plural	mainiit1), mainivat2), mainittii	evät mainineet, ei mainittu	3rd plural	olivat mainineet	evät olleet mainineet, ei olt mainittu
impersonal	mainittii	ei mainittu	impersonal	oli mainittu	ei olt mainittu
Konditsionala
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	mainisin	en mainis	1st singular	olisin mainint, olisin maininut	en olis mainint, en olis maininut
2nd singular	mainisit, mainiist1)	et mainis	2nd singular	olisit mainint, olisit maininut	et olis mainint, et olis maininut
3rd singular	mainis	ei mainis	3rd singular	olis mainint, olis maininut	ei olis mainint, ei olis maininut
1st plural	mainisimma	emmä mainis	1st plural	olisimma mainineet	emmä olis mainineet
2nd plural	mainisitta	että mainis	2nd plural	olisitta mainineet	että olis mainineet
3rd plural	mainisiit1), mainisivat2), mainittais	evät mainis, ei mainittais	3rd plural	olisivat mainineet	evät olis mainineet, ei olis mainittu
impersonal	mainittais	ei mainittais	impersonal	olis mainittu	ei olis mainittu
Imperativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	—	—	1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	maini	elä maini	2nd singular	oo mainint, oo maininut	elä oo mainint, elä oo maininut
3rd singular	mainikoo	elköö mainiko	3rd singular	olkoo mainint, olkoo maininut	elköö olko mainint, elköö olko maininut
1st plural	—	—	1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	mainikaa	elkää mainiko	2nd plural	olkaa mainineet	elkää olko mainineet
3rd plural	mainikoot	elkööt mainiko, elköö mainittako	3rd plural	olkoot mainineet	elkööt olko mainineet, elköö olko mainittu
impersonal	mainittakkoo	elköö mainittako	impersonal	olkoo mainittu	elköö olko mainittu
Potentsiala
Preesens
	positive	negative
1st singular	maininen	en mainine
2nd singular	maininet	et mainine
3rd singular	maininoo	ei mainine
1st plural	maininemma	emmä mainine
2nd plural	maininetta	että mainine
3rd plural	maininoot	evät mainine, ei mainittane
impersonal	mainittannoo	ei mainittane
Nominal forms
Infinitivat			Partisipat
				active	passive
1st		mainia	present	mainiva	mainittava
2nd	inessive	mainijees	past	mainint, maininut	mainittu
	instructive	mainien	1) Chiefly in the Soikkola dialect. 2) Chiefly in the Ala-Laukaa dialect. *) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (mainikaa) may be used for the 3rd person as well. **) The interrogative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) to the indicative ***) The deliberative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) or -kse to either the indicative or the potential ****) In folk poetry, a long first infinitive can be formed by adding the suffix -kse-, followed by possessive suffixes, to the first infinitive. Note that sometimes gemination may be undone by this addition.
3rd	illative	mainimaa
	inessive	mainimaas
	elative	mainimast
	abessive	mainimata
4th	nominative	mainimiin
	partitive	mainimista, mainimist

Synonyms

• mainita

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 292

Votic

Alternative forms

• maimia

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mainit'ak, with an irregular simplification of the stem to maini-.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯niɑ̯/, [ˈmɑi̯nʲiɑ̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯niɑ̯
• Hyphenation: mai‧nia

Verb

mainia

1. (transitive) to mention
2. (transitive) to remind (about)

Inflection

Conjugation of mainia (type II-1/kuttsua, no gradation)
Indicative
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	mainin	en maini	1st singular	õõn maininnu	en õõ maininnu
2nd singular	mainid	ed maini	2nd singular	õõd maininnu	ed õõ maininnu
3rd singular	mainib	eb maini	3rd singular	on maininnu	eb õõ maininnu
1st plural	mainimmõ	emmä maini	1st plural	õõmmõ maininnu	emmä õõ maininnu
2nd plural	mainittõ	että maini	2nd plural	õõttõ maininnu	että õõ maininnu
3rd plural	mainita	eväd maini	3rd plural	õlla mainittu	eväd õõ mainittu
impersonal	mainita	eväd maini	impersonal	õlla mainittu	eväd õõ mainittu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	mainizin	en maininnu	1st singular	õlin maininnu	—
2nd singular	mainizid	ed maininnu	2nd singular	õlid maininnu	—
3rd singular	maini	eb maininnu	3rd singular	õli maininnu	—
1st plural	mainizimmõ	emmä maininnu	1st plural	õlimmõ maininnu	—
2nd plural	mainizittõ	että maininnu	2nd plural	õlittõ maininnu	—
3rd plural	mainitti	eväd mainittu	3rd plural	õlti mainittu	—
impersonal	mainitti	eväd mainittu	impersonal	õlti mainittu	—
Conditional
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	mainizin	en mainizʹ	1st singular	õllõizin maininnu	en õllõizʹ maininnu
2nd singular	mainizid	ed mainizʹ	2nd singular	õllõizid maininnu	ed õllõizʹ maininnu
3rd singular	mainizʹ	eb mainizʹ	3rd singular	õllõizʹ maininnu	eb õllõizʹ maininnu
1st plural	mainizimmõ	emmä mainizʹ	1st plural	õllõizimmõ maininnu	emmä õllõizʹ maininnu
2nd plural	mainizittõ	että mainizʹ	2nd plural	õllõizittõ maininnu	että õllõizʹ maininnu
3rd plural	mainittaizʹ	eväd mainittaizʹ	3rd plural	õltaizʹ mainittu	eväd õltaizʹ mainittu
impersonal	mainittaizʹ	eväd mainittaizʹ	impersonal	õltaizʹ mainittu	eväd õltaizʹ mainittu
Imperative
Present
	positive	negative
1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	maini	elä maini
3rd singular	mainigo	elko mainigo
1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	mainiga	elka mainiga
3rd plural	mainigod	—
impersonal	—	—
Nominal forms
Infinitives			Participles
				active	passive
1st		mainia	present	mainijõ1)	—
2nd	illative	mainima	past	maininnu	mainittu
	inessive	mainimõz	1) also used as the agent noun
	elative	mainimõssõ
	abessive	mainimõttõ

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “mainia”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn