heponi

Karelian

Regional variants of heponi
North Karelian
(Viena)
heponi
South Karelian
(Tver)
hebone

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hëpoinën. Cognates include Finnish hevonen and Estonian hobune.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheponʲi/
  • Hyphenation: he‧po‧ni

Noun

heponi (genitive hepošen, partitive hevoista)

  1. horse

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of heponi (type 15/naini, po-vo gradation)
singular plural
nominative heponi hepošet
genitive hepošen hepošien
partitive hevoista hepošie
illative hepošeh hepoših
inessive hepošešša hepošissa
elative hepošešta hepošista
adessive hepošella hepošilla
ablative hepošelta hepošilta
translative hepošekši hepošiksi
essive hepošena hepošina
comitative hepošineh
abessive hepošetta hepošitta
prolative
instructive hepošin
Possessive forms of heponi
1st person hebozeni
2nd person hebozeš
3rd person hebozeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

  • (North Karelian) hepo; (South Karelian) hebo

References

  • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “heponi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 27
  • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “hepoine”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN