kontie
Karelian
[edit]| North Karelian (Viena) |
kontie |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
kondie |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kontija. Cognates include Finnish kontio and Veps kondi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kontie (genitive kontien, partitive kontieta)
Declension
[edit]| Viena Karelian declension of kontie (type 6/pimie, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kontie | kontiet | |
| genitive | kontien | konteijen | |
| partitive | kontieta | konteita | |
| illative | kontieh | konteih | |
| inessive | kontiešša | konteissa | |
| elative | kontiešta | konteista | |
| adessive | kontiella | konteilla | |
| ablative | kontielta | konteilta | |
| translative | kontiekši | konteiksi | |
| essive | kontiena | konteina | |
| comitative | — | konteineh | |
| abessive | kontietta | konteitta | |
| Possessive forms of kontie | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | kontieni | |
| 2nd person | kontieš | |
| 3rd person | kontieh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
Synonyms
[edit]- (archaic, poetic) karhu
References
[edit]- P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kontie”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN