jygie

Karelian

Regional variants of jygie
North Karelian
(Viena)
jykie
South Karelian
(Tver)
jygie

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jükedä. Cognates include Finnish jykeä and Veps jüged.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjyɡie̯/
  • Hyphenation: jy‧gie

Adjective

jygie (genitive jygien, partitive jygiedä, comparative jygiembi, superlative jygein)

  1. (South Karelian) heavy
  2. (South Karelian) difficult

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of jygie (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative jygie jygiet
genitive jygien jygein
partitive jygiedä jygeidä
illative jygieh jygeih
inessive jygieššä jygeissä
elative jygieštä jygeistä
adessive jygiellä jygeillä
ablative jygieldä jygeildä
translative jygiekši jygeiksi
essive jygienä jygeinä
comitative jygienke jygeinke
abessive jygiettä jygeittä
prolative jygiečči jygeičči
instructive jygein
Possessive forms of jygie
1st person jygieni
2nd person jygieš
3rd person jygieh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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