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kangaš

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Karelian

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Regional variants of kangaš
North Karelian
(Viena)
kankaš
South Karelian
(Tver)
kangaš

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kangas. Cognates include Finnish kangas and Veps kangaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡɑʃ/
  • Hyphenation: kan‧gaš

Noun

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kangaš (genitive kangahan, partitive kangašta)

  1. (South Karelian) pine forest
  2. (South Karelian) unfinished piece of cloth

Declension

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Tver Karelian declension of kangaš (type 18/vieraš, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kangaš kangahat
genitive kangahan kangahien
partitive kangašta kangahie
illative kangahah kangahih
inessive kangahašša kangahissa
elative kangahašta kangahista
adessive kangahalla kangahilla
ablative kangahalda kangahilda
translative kangahakši kangahiksi
essive kangahana kangahina
comitative kangahanke kangahinke
abessive kangahatta kangahitta
Possessive forms of kangaš
1st person kangahani
2nd person kangahaš
3rd person kangahah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kangaš”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN