hameh
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
hameh |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
hameh |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hamëh. Cognates include Finnish hame and Estonian hame.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑmeh/
- Hyphenation: ha‧meh
Noun
hameh (genitive hamehen, partitive hamehta)
- (North Karelian or dialectal) skirt
Declension
| Viena Karelian declension of hameh (type 11/paimen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hameh | hamehet | |
| genitive | hamehen | hamehien | |
| partitive | hamehta | hamehie | |
| illative | hameheh | hamehih | |
| inessive | hamehešša | hamehissa | |
| elative | hamehešta | hamehista | |
| adessive | hamehella | hamehilla | |
| ablative | hamehelta | hamehilta | |
| translative | hamehekši | hamehiksi | |
| essive | hamehina | hamehina | |
| comitative | — | hamehineh | |
| abessive | hamehetta | hamehitta | |
| prolative | — | — | |
| instructive | — | hamehin | |
| Tver Karelian declension of hameh (type 11/paimen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hameh | hamehet | |
| genitive | hamehen | hamehien | |
| partitive | hamehda | hamehie | |
| illative | hameheh | hamehih | |
| inessive | hamehešša | hamehissa | |
| elative | hamehešta | hamehista | |
| adessive | hamehella | hamehilla | |
| ablative | hamehelda | hamehilda | |
| translative | hamehekši | hamehiksi | |
| essive | hamehena | hamehina | |
| comitative | hamehenke | hamehinke | |
| abessive | hamehetta | hamehitta | |
| prolative | hamehečči | hamehičči | |
| instructive | — | hamehin | |
| Possessive forms of hameh | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | hameheni | |
| 2nd person | hameheš | |
| 3rd person | hameheh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “hameh”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 22
- Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “hameh”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN