hukankorenda

Karelian

Regional variants of hukankorenda
North Karelian
(Viena)
South Karelian
(Tver)
hukankorenda

Etymology

From hukan (of a wolf) +‎ korenda (cowlstaff). Compare Finnish sudenkorento and Ingrian suenkorenta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhukɑŋˌkorendɑ/
  • Hyphenation: hu‧kan‧ko‧ren‧da

Noun

hukankorenda (genitive hukankorennan, partitive hukankorendua)

  1. (South Karelian) dragonfly

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of hukankorenda (type 4/kala nd-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative hukankorenda hukankorennat
genitive hukankorennan hukankorennoin
partitive hukankorendua hukankorendoida
illative hukankorendah hukankorendoih
inessive hukankorennašša hukankorennoissa
elative hukankorennašta hukankorennoista
adessive hukankorennalla hukankorennoilla
ablative hukankorennalda hukankorennoilda
translative hukankorennakši hukankorennoiksi
essive hukankorendana hukankorendoina
comitative hukankorennanke hukankorennoinke
abessive hukankorennatta hukankorennoitta
prolative hukankorennačči hukankorennoičči
instructive hukankorennoin
Possessive forms of hukankorenda
1st person hukankorendani
2nd person hukankorendaš
3rd person hukankorendah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

References

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