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korgie

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Karelian

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Regional variants of korgie
North Karelian
(Viena)
korkie
South Karelian
(Tver)
korgie

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *korkëda. Cognates include Finnish korkea and Estonian kõrge.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkorɡie̯/
  • Hyphenation: kor‧gie

Noun

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korgie (genitive korgien, partitive korgieda)

  1. (South Karelian) high, tall

Declension

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Viena Karelian declension of korgie (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative korgie korgiet
genitive korgien korgeijen
partitive korgietä korgeitä
illative korgieh korgeih
inessive korgieššä korgeissä
elative korgieštä korgeistä
adessive korgiellä korgeillä
ablative korgieltä korgeiltä
translative korgiekši korgeiksi
essive korgienä korgeinä
comitative korgeineh
abessive korgiettä korgeittä
Possessive forms of korgie
1st person korgieni
2nd person korgieš
3rd person korgieh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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