hameh

Karelian

Regional variants of hameh
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)

  1. (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