kuničča

Karelian

Regional variants of kuničča

North Karelian (Viena)	—
South Karelian (Tver)	kuničča

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian куница (kunica).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkunʲit͡ʃːɑ/
• Hyphenation: ku‧nič‧ča

Noun

kuničča (genitive kuničan, partitive kuniččua)

1. (South Karelian) Synonym of niätä / niädä

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of kuničča (type 4/kala čč-č gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kuničča	kuničat
genitive	kuničan	kuničoin
partitive	kuniččua	kuniččoida
illative	kuniččah	kuniččoih
inessive	kuničašša	kuničoissa
elative	kuničašta	kuničoista
adessive	kuničalla	kuničoilla
ablative	kuničalda	kuničoilda
translative	kuničakši	kuničoiksi
essive	kuniččana	kuniččoina
comitative	kuničanke	kuničoinke
abessive	kuničatta	kuničoitta

Possessive forms of kuničča
1st person	kuniččani
2nd person	kuniččaš
3rd person	kuniččah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “kunittša”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN