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kanši

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See also: kansi, kaņši, and kànsì

Karelian

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Regional variants of kanši
North Karelian
(Viena)
kanši
South Karelian
(Tver)
kanži

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kanci. Cognates include Finnish kansi and Estonian kaas.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑnʃi/
  • Hyphenation: kan‧ši

Noun

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kanši (genitive kannen, partitive kantta)

  1. (North Karelian) lid
  2. (North Karelian) cover

Declension

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Viena Karelian declension of kanši (type 10/vesi, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative kanši kannet
genitive kannen kanšien
partitive kantta kanšija
illative kanših kanšiloih
inessive kannešša kanšiloissa
elative kannešta kanšiloista
adessive kannella kanšiloilla
ablative kannelta kanšiloilta
translative kannekši kanšiloiksi
essive kanšina 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

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  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kansi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN