harpauš

Karelian

Regional variants of harpauš
North Karelian
(Viena)
harppauš
South Karelian
(Tver)
harpauš

Etymology

From harpata (to step) +‎ -uš. Akin to Finnish harppaus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑrpɑu̯ʃ/
  • Hyphenation: har‧pauš

Noun

harpauš (genitive harpaukšen, partitive harpaušta, diminutive harpaukšut)

  1. (South Karelian) step
  2. (South Karelian) stitch

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of harpauš (type 16/kiitoš, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative harpauš harpaukšet
genitive harpaukšen harpaukšien
partitive harpaušta harpaukšie
illative harpaukšeh harpaukših
inessive harpaukšešša harpaukšissa
elative harpaukšešta harpaukšista
adessive harpaukšella harpaukšilla
ablative harpaukšelda harpaukšilda
translative harpaukšekši harpaukšiksi
essive harpaukšena harpaukšina
comitative harpaukšenke harpaukšinke
abessive harpaukšetta harpaukšitta
prolative harpaukšečči harpaukšičči
instructive harpaukšin
Possessive forms of harpauš
1st person harpaukšeni
2nd person harpaukšeš
3rd person harpaukšeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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