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kapkana

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Ingrian

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Kapkana.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian капкан (kapkan).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kapkana

  1. bear trap, leg trap
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28:
      Jot talveel männä merelle proomьslaa, tali ostamaa tavaraa, tali panomaa kapkanaa zveeriä vart, cukca valjastaa saanii koirat.
      To go to sea to fish in the winter, or to sell goods, or to set a leg trap for animals, the Chukchi harnesses dogs into the sleigh.

Declension

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Declension of kapkana (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kapkana kapkanat
genitive kapkanan kapkanoin
partitive kapkanaa kapkanoja
illative kapkanaa kapkanoihe
inessive kapkanaas kapkanois
elative kapkanast kapkanoist
allative kapkanalle kapkanoille
adessive kapkanaal kapkanoil
ablative kapkanalt kapkanoilt
translative kapkanaks kapkanoiks
essive kapkananna, kapkanaan kapkanoinna, kapkanoin
exessive1) kapkanant kapkanoint
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.