kniiga

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See also: кнӣга

Karelian[edit]

Regional variants of kniiga
North Karelian
(Viena)
South Karelian
(Tver)
kniiga

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian книга (kniga).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈknʲiːɡɑ/
  • Hyphenation: knii‧ga

Noun[edit]

kniiga (genitive kniigan, partitive kniigua)

  1. (South Karelian) book

Declension[edit]

Tver Karelian declension of kniiga (type 4/kala no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kniiga kniigat
genitive kniigan kniigoin
partitive kniigua kniigoida
illative kniigah kniigoih
inessive kniigašša kniigoissa
elative kniigašta kniigoista
adessive kniigalla kniigoilla
ablative kniigalda kniigoilda
translative kniigakši kniigoiksi
essive kniigana kniigoina
comitative kniiganke kniigoinke
abessive kniigatta kniigoitta
Possessive forms of kniiga
1st person kniigani
2nd person kniigaš
3rd person kniigah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

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References[edit]

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