# Emajõgi
## English
### Etymology

From Estonian Emajõgi < ema (“mother”) +‎ jõgi (“river”).

### Proper noun

Emajõgi
* A river in Estonia which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km. It has a length of 101 km.

#### Translations
## Estonian
### Etymology

ema +‎ jõgi, first part ema (“mother”) comes from Proto-Finnic *emä (“mother”), from Proto-Uralic *emä (“mother”). Last part jõgi (“river”) comes from Proto-Finnic *joki (“river”), from Proto-Uralic *joke (“river”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈemɑjɤɡ̊i/, [ˈemɑ̈jɤɡ̊i]
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* Rhymes: -ɑjɤɡi
* Hyphenation: em‧a‧jõ‧gi

### Proper noun

Emajõgi
* Emajõgi (a river in Estonia) with a length of 101 km which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km.
    Emajõgi on ainukese jõena Eestis täies pikkuses laevatatavEmajõgi is the only river in Estonia that is navigable in its entire length
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#### Descendants

* → English: Emajõgi
* → Norwegian Bokmål: Emajõgi
* → Finnish: Emajoki
* → Russian: Эмайыги (Emajygi)
* → Russian: Емайъги (Jemajʺgi)
* → Czech: Emajõgi
* → Danish: Emajõgi
* → Dutch: Emajõgi
* → French: Emajõgi
* → German: Emajõgi, Embach
* → Hungarian: Emajõgi
* → Italian: Emajõgi
* → Korean: 에마조기 강 (emajogi gang)
* → Latvian: Emajõgi
* → Lithuanian: Emajegis
* → Portuguese: Embach
* → Spanish: Emajogi
* → Turkish: Emajõgi

### References

* “Emajõgi”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
* Emajõgi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “Emajõgi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
* “Emajõgi”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Estonian Emajõgi (“Emajõgi”), first part ema (“mother”) comes from Proto-Finnic *emä (“mother”), from Proto-Uralic *emä (“mother”). Last part jõgi (“river”) comes from Proto-Finnic *joki (“river”), from Proto-Uralic *joke (“river”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeːmajoːɡɪ/
* (Estonian) IPA: /ˈemɑjɤɡɪ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oːɡɪ
* Hyphenation: E‧ma‧jõ‧gi

### Proper noun

Emajõgi
* Emajõgi (a river in Estonia) with a length of 101 km which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km.
    Innsjøen Võrtsjärv har avløp i nordøst via den 101 kilometer lange elven Emajõgi med et fall på 3,7 meter til Peipussjøen.Lake Võrtsjärv drains in the northeast via the 101-kilometer-long river Emajõgi with a drop of 3.7 meters to Lake Peipus.