emäntä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *emäntä. Equivalent to emä (“mother”) (archaic) +‎ -ntä. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈemæntæ/, [ˈe̞mæn̪t̪æ] Rhymes: -emæntæ Syllabification(key): e‧män‧tä Hyphenation(key): emän‧tä === Noun === emäntä mistress, lady (of a household or estate) housewife (especially of a farm) hostess matron (female domestic manager of an institution) (colloquial) wife, old lady, missus (one's female partner; the tone is slightly jocular but well-meaning) ==== Usage notes ==== The word emäntä in the sense "housewife" usually implies a working partnership in the running of a farm or similar establishment. The word for an urban or suburban housewife is kotirouva. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === isäntä === Further reading === “emäntä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *emäntä. Cognates include Finnish emäntä and Estonian emand. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈemæntæ/, [ˈe̞mæˑnt] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈemæntæ/, [ˈe̞mæˑnd̥æ] (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈemæntæ/, [ˈe̞mæˑnd̥æ] Rhymes: -emænt, -emæntæ Hyphenation: e‧män‧tä === Noun === emäntä lady of the house (card games) queen ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (lady of the house): emänain ==== Coordinate terms ==== isäntä (“lord of the house”) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 33 Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 25