hammaš

Karelian

Regional variants of hammaš
North Karelian
(Viena)
hammaš
South Karelian
(Tver)
hammaš

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hambas. Cognates include Finnish hammas and Veps hambaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑmːɑʃ/
  • Hyphenation: ham‧maš

Noun

hammaš (genitive hampahan / hambahan, partitive hammašta, diminutive hampahaini / hambahane)

  1. tooth
  2. cog

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of hammaš (type 18/vieraš, mp-mm gradation)
singular plural
nominative hammaš hampahat
genitive hampahan hampahien
partitive hammašta hampahie
illative hampahah hampahih
inessive hampahašša hampahissa
elative hampahašta hampahista
adessive hampahalla hampahilla
ablative hampahalta hampahilta
translative hampahakši hampahiksi
essive hampahana hampahina
comitative hampahineh
abessive hampahatta hampahitta
Tver Karelian declension of hammaš (type 18/vieraš, mb-mm gradation)
singular plural
nominative hammaš hambahat
genitive hambahan hambahien
partitive hammašta hambahie
illative hambahah hambahih
inessive hambahašša hambahissa
elative hambahašta hambahista
adessive hambahalla hambahilla
ablative hambahalda hambahilda
translative hambahakši hambahiksi
essive hambahana hambahina
comitative hambahanke hambahinke
abessive hambahatta hambahitta
Viena Karelian possessive forms of hammaš
1st person hampahani
2nd person hampahaš
3rd person hampahah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.
Tver Karelian possessive forms of hammaš
1st person hambahani
2nd person hambahaš
3rd person hambahah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “hammaš”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “hammas”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN