svaana
Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian сван (svan).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsʋɑːnɑ/, [ˈs̠ʋɑːn]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsʋɑːnɑ/, [ˈʃʋɑːnɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑːn, -ɑːnɑ
- Hyphenation: svaa‧na
Noun
[edit]svaana
- (in the plural) Svans
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 103:
- Svaanat ahkerast viljelööt ommia peenijä peltoja.
- The Svans farm their own small fields diligently.
- (in the singular) Svan language
Declension
[edit]| Declension of svaana (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | svaana | svaanat |
| genitive | svaanan | svaanoin |
| partitive | svaanaa | svaanoja |
| illative | svaanaa | svaanoi |
| inessive | svaanaas | svaanois |
| elative | svaanast | svaanoist |
| allative | svaanalle | svaanoille |
| adessive | svaanaal | svaanoil |
| ablative | svaanalt | svaanoilt |
| translative | svaanaks | svaanoiks |
| essive | svaananna, svaanaan | svaanoinna, svaanoin |
| exessive1) | svaanant | svaanoint |
| 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. | ||