huukkaja

Karelian

Regional variants of huukkaja
North Karelian
(Viena)
huuhkaja
South Karelian
(Tver)
huukkaja, huuhkaja

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin, probably with influence from tuukkaja. Cognate with Finnish huuhkaja and Estonian huuk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhuːkːɑjɑ/
  • Hyphenation: huuk‧ka‧ja

Noun

huukkaja (genitive huukkajan, partitive huukkajua)

  1. (South Karelian) eagle owl

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of huukkaja (type 5/koira no gradation)
singular plural
nominative huukkaja huukkajat
genitive huukkajan huukkajin
partitive huukkajua huukkajie
illative huukkajah huukkajih
inessive huukkajašša huukkajissa
elative huukkajašta huukkajista
adessive huukkajalla huukkajilla
ablative huukkajalda huukkajilda
translative huukkajakši huukkajiksi
essive huukkajana huukkajina
comitative huukkajanke huukkajinke
abessive huukkajatta huukkajitta
prolative huukkajačči huukkajičči
instructive huukkajin
Possessive forms of huukkaja
1st person huukkajani
2nd person huukkajaš
3rd person huukkajah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

References

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