esisana

Ingrian

Etymology

From esi- (“pre-”) +‎ sana (“word”).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈesiˌsɑnɑ/, [ˈe̞s̠iˌs̠ɑnɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈesiˌsɑnɑ/, [ˈe̞ʒ̥iˌʒ̥ɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation: e‧si‧sa‧na

Noun

esisana

1. foreword, introduction
2. (grammar) preposition

Declension

Declension of esisana (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	esisana	esisanat
genitive	esisanan	esisannoin
partitive	esisannaa	esisanoja
illative	esisannaa	esisannoi
inessive	esisanas	esisanois
elative	esisanast	esisanoist
allative	esisanalle	esisanoille
adessive	esisanal	esisanoil
ablative	esisanalt	esisanoilt
translative	esisanaks	esisanoiks
essive	esisananna, esisannaan	esisanoinna, esisannoin
exessive1)	esisanant	esisanoint
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.

Synonyms

• (foreword): alkujutto, toimitussana
• (preposition): prepositsia

Hypernyms

• (preposition): apusana (“adposition”)

Coordinate terms

• (preposition): jälkisana, postpositsia (“postposition”)

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, pages 3, 35
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[2], →ISBN, page 3