harmua

Karelian

Regional variants of harmua

North Karelian (Viena)	harmua
South Karelian (Tver)	harmua

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *harmaga. Cognates include Finnish harmaa and Ingrian harmaa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑrmuɑ̯/
• Hyphenation: har‧mua

Adjective

harmua (genitive harmuan, partitive harmuata／harmuada)

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Declension

Viena Karelian declension of harmua (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	harmua	harmuat
genitive	harmuan	harmaijen
partitive	harmuata	harmaita
illative	harmuah	harmaih
inessive	harmuašša	harmaissa
elative	harmuašta	harmaista
adessive	harmualla	harmailla
ablative	harmualta	harmailta
translative	harmuakši	harmaiksi
essive	harmuana	harmaina
comitative	—	harmaineh
abessive	harmuatta	harmaitta

Tver Karelian declension of harmua (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	harmua	harmuat
genitive	harmuan	harmain
partitive	harmuada	harmaida
illative	harmuah	harmaih
inessive	harmuašša	harmaissa
elative	harmuašta	harmaista
adessive	harmualla	harmailla
ablative	harmualda	harmailda
translative	harmuakši	harmaiksi
essive	harmuana	harmaina
comitative	harmuanke	harmainke
abessive	harmuatta	harmaitta

Possessive forms of harmua
1st person	harmuani
2nd person	harmuaš
3rd person	harmuah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “harmua”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “harmua”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “harmoa”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN