hirvihammas

Ingrian

Etymology

Seemingly from earlier *irvihammas, reanalysed as hirvi (“moose”) +‎ hammas (“tooth”), perhaps a hypercorrection through Votic influence, or just because it sounded funny. Related to Finnish irvihammas.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhirʋiˌhɑmːɑs/, [ˈhirʋĭˌhɑmːəz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhirʋiˌhɑmːɑs/, [ˈhirʋiˌhɑmːɑʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːɑs
• Hyphenation: hir‧vi‧ham‧mas

Noun

hirvihammas

1. jokester

Declension

Declension of hirvihammas (type 2/patsas, mp-mm gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	hirvihammas	hirvihampaat
genitive	hirvihampaan	hirvihampain
partitive	hirvihammasta, hirvihammast	hirvihampaita, hirvihampaja
illative	hirvihampaasse	hirvihampaisse
inessive	hirvihampaas	hirvihampais
elative	hirvihampaast	hirvihampaist
allative	hirvihampaalle	hirvihampaille
adessive	hirvihampaal	hirvihampail
ablative	hirvihampaalt	hirvihampailt
translative	hirvihampaaks	hirvihampaiks
essive	hirvihampaanna, hirvihampaan	hirvihampainna, hirvihampain
exessive1)	hirvihampaant	hirvihampaint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• šuutkuri, koiruin

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 94