šuora

See also: suora

Karelian

Regional variants of šuora

North Karelian (Viena)	šuora
South Karelian (Tver)	šuora

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soora. Cognates include Finnish suora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃuo̯rɑ/
• Hyphenation: šuo‧ra

Noun

šuora (genitive šuoran, partitive šuorua, comparative šuorempi / šuorembi, superlative šuorin)

1. (North Karelian) straight (not bent)
2. (North Karelian) sincere
3. (North Karelian) true, real
4. (North Karelian, travel) direct
5. (South Karelian) promiscuous (having more than one sexual partner)

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of šuora (type 5/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	šuora	šuorat
genitive	šuoran	šuorien
partitive	šuorua	šuorie
illative	šuorah	šuorih
inessive	šuorašša	šuorissa
elative	šuorašta	šuorista
adessive	šuoralla	šuorilla
ablative	šuoralta	šuorilta
translative	šuorakši	šuoriksi
essive	šuorana	šuorina
comitative	—	šuorineh
abessive	šuoratta	šuoritta

Tver Karelian declension of šuora (type 5/koira no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	šuora	šuorat
genitive	šuoran	šuorin
partitive	šuorua	šuorie
illative	šuorah	šuorih
inessive	šuorašša	šuorissa
elative	šuorašta	šuorista
adessive	šuoralla	šuorilla
ablative	šuoralda	šuorilda
translative	šuorakši	šuoriksi
essive	šuorana	šuorina
comitative	šuoranke	šuorinke
abessive	šuoratta	šuoritta

Possessive forms of šuora
1st person	šuorani
2nd person	šuoraš
3rd person	šuorah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “straight”): (North Karelian) viärä
• (antonym(s) of “sincere”): (North Karelian) viärä

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “šuora”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN