kurgi

Estonian

Noun

kurgi

1. partitive plural of kurg

Karelian

Regional variants of kurgi

North Karelian (Viena)	kurki
South Karelian (Tver)	kurgi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurki. Cognates include Finnish kurki and Estonian kurg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurɡi/
• Hyphenation: kur‧gi

Noun

kurgi (genitive kurren, partitive kurgie)

1. (South Karelian) crane

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of kurgi (type 3/ovi, rg-rr gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kurgi	kurret
genitive	kurren	kurgiloin
partitive	kurgie	kurgiloida
illative	kurgih	kurgiloih
inessive	kurrešša	kurgiloissa
elative	kurrešta	kurgiloista
adessive	kurrella	kurgiloilla
ablative	kurrelda	kurgiloilda
translative	kurrekši	kurgiloiksi
essive	kurgina	kurgiloina
comitative	kurrenke	kurgiloinke
abessive	kurretta	kurgiloitta

Possessive forms of kurgi
1st person	kurgeni
2nd person	kurgeš
3rd person	kurgeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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

Livvi

Kurgi.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurki. Cognates include Finnish kurki and Estonian kurg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurɡi/
• Hyphenation: kur‧gi
• Rhymes: -urɡi

Noun

kurgi (genitive kurren, partitive kurgie)

1. crane

References

• Olga Žarinova (2012) Pagizemmo Karjalakse [Let's speak Karelian], St Petersburg, →ISBN, page 11
• Tatjana Boiko (2019) “kurgi”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN