kaunisʹ
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
kaunis |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
kaunisʹ |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kaunis. Cognates include Finnish kaunis and Estonian kaunis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯nʲisʲ/
- Hyphenation: kau‧nisʹ
Adjective
kaunisʹ (genitive kaunehen, partitive kaunisʹta)
Declension
| Tver Karelian declension of kaunisʹ (type 19/kaunis, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kaunisʹ | kaunehet | |
| genitive | kaunehen | kaunehien | |
| partitive | kaunisʹta | kaunehie | |
| illative | kauneheh | kaunehih | |
| inessive | kaunehešša | kaunehissa | |
| elative | kaunehešta | kaunehista | |
| adessive | kaunehella | kaunehilla | |
| ablative | kaunehelda | kaunehilda | |
| translative | kaunehekši | kaunehiksi | |
| essive | kaunehena | kaunehina | |
| comitative | kaunehenke | kaunehinke | |
| abessive | kaunehetta | kaunehitta | |
| Possessive forms of kaunisʹ | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | kauneheni | |
| 2nd person | kauneheš | |
| 3rd person | kauneheh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kawnʹisʹ”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN