kanši
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
kanši |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
kanži |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kanci. Cognates include Finnish kansi and Estonian kaas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑnʃi/
- Hyphenation: kan‧ši
Noun
kanši (genitive kannen, partitive kantta)
Declension
| Viena Karelian declension of kanši (type 10/vesi, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kanši | kannet | |
| genitive | kannen | kanšien | |
| partitive | kantta | kanšija | |
| illative | kanteh | kanšiloih | |
| inessive | kannešša | kanšiloissa | |
| elative | kannešta | kanšiloista | |
| adessive | kannella | kanšiloilla | |
| ablative | kannelta | kanšiloilta | |
| translative | kannekši | kanšiloiksi | |
| essive | kantena | kanšiloina | |
| comitative | — | kanšiloineh | |
| abessive | kannetta | kanšiloitta | |
| Possessive forms of kanši | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | kanteni | |
| 2nd person | kanteš | |
| 3rd person | kanteh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kansi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN