kniiga
See also: кнӣга
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
kniika |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
kniiga |
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian книга (kniga).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknʲiːɡɑ/
- Hyphenation: knii‧ga
Noun
kniiga (genitive kniigan, partitive kniigua)
- (South Karelian) book
- 1933, N. S. Popova, translated by S. S. Sokolov, Arifmetikan ucebnikka alguşkolalla uaroin: enƶimäne cuasti, enƶimäne opaşşunda vuoƶi [A schoolbook of arithmetic for the primary school: first part, first schoolyear][1], Moscow: Ucpedgiz, page 2:
- Kuni lapşet ei opaşşuttu lugomah, hyö kniigan tekstan tiijuşşetah opaştajan şanoista.
- As long as children haven't learned to read yet, they get to know a book's texts through the teacher's words.
Declension
| Tver Karelian declension of kniiga (type 4/kala no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kniiga | kniigat | |
| genitive | kniigan | kniigoin | |
| partitive | kniigua | kniigoida | |
| illative | kniigah | kniigoih | |
| inessive | kniigašša | kniigoissa | |
| elative | kniigašta | kniigoista | |
| adessive | kniigalla | kniigoilla | |
| ablative | kniigalda | kniigoilda | |
| translative | kniigakši | kniigoiksi | |
| essive | kniigana | kniigoina | |
| comitative | kniiganke | kniigoinke | |
| abessive | kniigatta | kniigoitta | |
| prolative | kniigačči | kniigoičči | |
| instructive | — | kniigoin | |
| Possessive forms of kniiga | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | kniigani | |
| 2nd person | kniigaš | |
| 3rd person | kniigah | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
Synonyms
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References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994), “kn'iiga”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN