keyhä
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
köyhä (dialectal) keyhä |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
keyhä (dialectal) köyhä |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *keühä. Cognates include Finnish köyhä and Veps köuh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkey̯hæ/
- Hyphenation: key‧hä
Noun
keyhä (genitive keyhän, partitive keyhyä / keyhiä)
- (South Karelian or dialectal) poor person
Adjective
keyhä (genitive keyhän, partitive keyhyä / keyhiä, comparative keyhempi / keyhembi, superlative keyhin)
- (South Karelian or dialectal) poor (not rich)
- (South Karelian or dialectal) barren (not yielding a harvest)
Declension
| Viena Karelian declension of keyhä (type 5/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | keyhä | keyhät | |
| genitive | keyhän | keyhien | |
| partitive | keyhyä | keyhie | |
| illative | keyhäh | keyhih | |
| inessive | keyhäššä | keyhissä | |
| elative | keyhäštä | keyhistä | |
| adessive | keyhällä | keyhillä | |
| ablative | keyhältä | keyhiltä | |
| translative | keyhäkši | keyhiksi | |
| essive | keyhänä | keyhinä | |
| comitative | — | keyhineh | |
| abessive | keyhättä | keyhittä | |
| prolative | — | — | |
| instructive | — | keyhin | |
| Tver Karelian declension of keyhä (type 5/koira no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | keyhä | keyhät | |
| genitive | keyhän | keyhin | |
| partitive | keyhiä | keyhie | |
| illative | keyhäh | keyhih | |
| inessive | keyhäššä | keyhissä | |
| elative | keyhäštä | keyhistä | |
| adessive | keyhällä | keyhillä | |
| ablative | keyhäldä | keyhildä | |
| translative | keyhäkši | keyhiksi | |
| essive | keyhänä | keyhinä | |
| comitative | keyhänke | keyhinke | |
| abessive | keyhättä | keyhittä | |
| prolative | keyhäčči | keyhičči | |
| instructive | — | keyhin | |
| Possessive forms of keyhä | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | keyhäni | |
| 2nd person | keyhäš | |
| 3rd person | keyhäh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||