homeh
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
homeh |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
homeh |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *homëh. Cognates include Finnish home and Veps homeh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhomeh/
- Hyphenation: ho‧meh
Noun
homeh (genitive homehen, partitive homehta)
Declension
| Viena Karelian declension of homeh (type 11/paimen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | homeh | homehet | |
| genitive | homehen | homehien | |
| partitive | homehta | homehie | |
| illative | homeheh | homehih | |
| inessive | homehešša | homehissa | |
| elative | homehešta | homehista | |
| adessive | homehella | homehilla | |
| ablative | homehelta | homehilta | |
| translative | homehekši | homehiksi | |
| essive | homehina | homehina | |
| comitative | — | homehineh | |
| abessive | homehetta | homehitta | |
| prolative | — | — | |
| instructive | — | homehin | |
| Tver Karelian declension of homeh (type 11/paimen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | homeh | homehet | |
| genitive | homehen | homehien | |
| partitive | homehda | homehie | |
| illative | homeheh | homehih | |
| inessive | homehešša | homehissa | |
| elative | homehešta | homehista | |
| adessive | homehella | homehilla | |
| ablative | homehelda | homehilda | |
| translative | homehekši | homehiksi | |
| essive | homehena | homehina | |
| comitative | homehenke | homehinke | |
| abessive | homehetta | homehitta | |
| prolative | homehečči | homehičči | |
| instructive | — | homehin | |
| Possessive forms of homeh | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | homeheni | |
| 2nd person | homeheš | |
| 3rd person | homeheh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994), “homeh”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
- P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 30
- Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “homeh”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN