-dme

Appendix:Variations of "dme" Veps Alternative forms vep -tme variant of the suffix in words ending with -t in partitive vep -tmet vep -dmö/-tmö, vep -dmöt/-tmöt archaic and/or dialectal Etymology From earlier vep -dmöt, -dmö, from merging vep -d (partitive suffix) + vep möto (posposition), which in turn derives from vep urj-fin-pro *möötä. Suffix vep suffix Case suffix used to form the prolative case; along (something) Usage notes Takes the form -tme if the word in partitive ends with -t, e.g.: vep tehut, vezi, käzi (in partitive vep tehut, vet, kät) > vep tehutme, vetme, kätme When several words in the sentence require the case, -me is appended to the last one (though in folklore text and formal speech all words can take it): Mänen levedadme tehutme = Mänen levedad tehutme — "I'm going along the wide road" See also vep -iči (another prolative case) vep -d (partitive case) Further reading 186, 190