höberö

Karelian

Regional variants of höberö
North Karelian
(Viena) 		höperö
South Karelian
(Tver) 		höberö

Etymology

Sound-symbolic. Akin to Finnish höperö.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhøberø/
  • Hyphenation: hö‧be‧rö

Noun

höberö (genitive höberön, partitive höberyö)

  1. (South Karelian, dialectal) idiot

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of höberö (type 1/tyttö no gradation)
singular plural
nominative höberö höberöt
genitive höberön höberölöin
partitive höberyö höberölöidä
illative höberöh höberölöih
inessive höberöššä höberölöissä
elative höberöštä höberölöistä
adessive höberöllä höberölöillä
ablative höberöldä höberölöildä
translative höberökši höberölöiksi
essive höberönä höberölöinä
comitative höberönke höberölöinke
abessive höberöttä höberölöittä
Possessive forms of höberö
1st person höberöni
2nd person höberöš
3rd person höberöh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “höperö”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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