kaunis
Appearance
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kaunis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kaunis (genitive kauni, partitive kaunist, comparative kaunim, superlative kõige kaunim or kauneim)
- beautiful (pleasant in appearance, satisfying to look at)
- beautiful (joyful, good for the soul, satisfying, etc.)
- Synonym: ilus
Declension
[edit]Declension of kaunis (ÕS type 5/liige, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | kaunis | kaunid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | kauni | ||
genitive | kaunite | ||
partitive | kaunist | kauneid | |
illative | kaunisse | kaunitesse kauneisse | |
inessive | kaunis | kaunites kauneis | |
elative | kaunist | kaunitest kauneist | |
allative | kaunile | kaunitele kauneile | |
adessive | kaunil | kaunitel kauneil | |
ablative | kaunilt | kaunitelt kauneilt | |
translative | kauniks | kauniteks kauneiks | |
terminative | kaunini | kauniteni | |
essive | kaunina | kaunitena | |
abessive | kaunita | kauniteta | |
comitative | kauniga | kaunitega |
Declension of kaunis (ÕS type 7/kallas, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | kaunis | kaunid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | kauni | ||
genitive | kauniste | ||
partitive | kaunist | kauneid | |
illative | kaunisse | kaunistesse kauneisse | |
inessive | kaunis | kaunistes kauneis | |
elative | kaunist | kaunistest kauneist | |
allative | kaunile | kaunistele kauneile | |
adessive | kaunil | kaunistel kauneil | |
ablative | kaunilt | kaunistelt kauneilt | |
translative | kauniks | kaunisteks kauneiks | |
terminative | kaunini | kaunisteni | |
essive | kaunina | kaunistena | |
abessive | kaunita | kaunisteta | |
comitative | kauniga | kaunistega |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- kaunis in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “kaunis”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kaunis, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (compare English sheen, German schön, Swedish skön).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kaunis (comparative kauniimpi, superlative kaunein or kaunehin)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kaunis (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kaunis | kauniit | |
genitive | kauniin | kauniiden kauniitten | |
partitive | kaunista | kauniita | |
illative | kauniiseen | kauniisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kaunis | kauniit | |
accusative | nom. | kaunis | kauniit |
gen. | kauniin | ||
genitive | kauniin | kauniiden kauniitten kaunisten rare | |
partitive | kaunista | kauniita | |
inessive | kauniissa | kauniissa | |
elative | kauniista | kauniista | |
illative | kauniiseen | kauniisiin kauniihin rare | |
adessive | kauniilla | kauniilla | |
ablative | kauniilta | kauniilta | |
allative | kauniille | kauniille | |
essive | kauniina | kauniina | |
translative | kauniiksi | kauniiksi | |
abessive | kauniitta | kauniitta | |
instructive | — | kauniin | |
comitative | — | kauniine |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kaunis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
[edit]Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kaunis, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skauniz. Cognates include Finnish kaunis and Estonian kaunis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯nis/, [ˈkɑu̯nĭz̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯nis/, [ˈkɑu̯niʒ̥]
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯nis
- Hyphenation: kau‧nis
Adjective
[edit]kaunis (comparative kauniimp)
- beautiful, pretty
- 1915, Volmari Porkka, quoting Uljaana, “1227. Soikkola, Säätinä III91”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot[3], volume III1, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 24-25:
- Elliina, emäntyeen, // Katoi kaunis vaimoiseen,
- Elina, my little lady of the house, // Katoi, my beautiful wifey,
- 1915, Volmari Porkka, quoting Maaroi Tarinaisista, “1234. Soikkola, Viistinä III98”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot[4], volume III1, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 6-7:
- Konnull on tytöit korriiat, // Kalaniemen neiot kauniit,
- On the farm there are pretty girls, // The beautiful girls of Kalaneemi,
Declension
[edit]Declension of kaunis (type 2/patsas, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kaunis | kauniit |
genitive | kauniin | kauniin |
partitive | kaunista, kaunist | kauniita, kaunija |
illative | kauniisse | kauniisse |
inessive | kauniis | kauniis |
elative | kauniist | kauniist |
allative | kauniille | kauniille |
adessive | kauniil | kauniil |
ablative | kauniilt | kauniilt |
translative | kauniiks | kauniiks |
essive | kauniinna, kauniin | kauniinna, kauniin |
exessive1) | kauniint | kauniint |
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
[edit]- See Thesaurus:käppiä
References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 146
Karelian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kaunis, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skauniz. Cognates include Finnish kaunis and Estonian kaunis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kaunis (genitive kaunehen, partitive kaunista)
Declension
[edit]Declension of kaunis, no gradation
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References
[edit]- P. M. Zaykov (1999) Грамматика Карельского языка (фонетика и морфология) [Grammar of the Karelian language (phonetics and morphology)], →ISBN, pages 36-37
Categories:
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑunis
- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑunis/2 syllables
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian adjectives
- Estonian liige-type nominals
- Estonian kallas-type nominals
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Finnish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewh₁-
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑunis
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑunis/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adjectives
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish vieras-type nominals
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑu̯nis
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑu̯nis/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian adjectives
- Ingrian terms with quotations
- Karelian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Karelian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Karelian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Karelian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Karelian lemmas
- Karelian adjectives