itse

From Proto-Finnic *icek, *iccek, from Proto-Uralic *iće ~ *iśe. Cognate to Estonian ise, Erzya эсь (eś, “own, oneself”) and -сь (-ś) in монсь (mońś, “I myself”). Originally, itse meant "the conscious mind" (as a part of the soul).

• IPA^(key): /ˈitse(ˣ)/, [ˈits̠e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -itse
• Hyphenation^(key): it‧se

itse

1. oneself (used to emphasize the person of the head word)

   Sinun täytyy tehdä se itse.

   You must do it yourself.

   Itse pomo tuli paikalle.

   The boss himself/herself came there.

Not inflected, but see itsensä.

itse

1. (psychology) self, ego

   Synonym: minä

• “itse”, 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 2023-07-02

• esti, etsi, seit, ties

From Proto-Finnic *icek, from Proto-Uralic *iće. Cognates include Finnish itse and Estonian ise.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈit͡se/, [ˈit͡s̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈit͡se/, [ˈit͡se̞]
• Rhymes: -it͡s, -it͡se
• Hyphenation: it‧se

itse

1. oneself
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Ken arvajaa matkapoolen itsest - „oikiaa“, „kurraa“, „ettee“, „takkaa“, - se kiiree öksyy veerahas paikaas.

     Whoever determines the direction of a journey from oneself - „to the right“, „to the left“, „forward“, „backward“, - that [person] will quickly get lost in an unfamiliar location.

   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Osa iƶoroist veel nytkii kutsuu itsiätä karjalaisiks.

     Some Ingrians even now still call themselves Karelians.

     (literally, “A part from the Ingrians now still calls itself Karelians.”)

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Mama miun saattoi itsen eest lehmiä lypsemää.

     Mummy sent me on behalf of herself to milk the cows.

Declension of itse
	singular
nominative	itse
genitive	itsen
partitive	itsiä
illative	itsehe
inessive	itsees
elative	itsest
allative	itselle
adessive	itseel
ablative	itselt
translative	itseks
essive	itsennä
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

Possessive forms of itse
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	itseen	itsemme
2nd person	itsees	itsenne
3rd person	itseehe1)	itsesse
*) Possessive reflexives are obsolete in modern Ingrian. 1) Scarcely attested. Possibly originally an illative functioning as a nominative.

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 101
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 97
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[4], →ISBN, page 39