kostʹa

See also: kosta

Karelian

Regional variants of kostʹa
North Karelian
(Viena)
kostʹa
South Karelian
(Tver)
gosʹtʹa

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гость (gostʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkostʲɑ/
  • Hyphenation: kos‧tʹa

Noun

kostʹa (genitive kostʹan, partitive kostʹua)

  1. (North Karelian) guest

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of kostʹa (type 5/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kostʹa kostʹat
genitive kostʹan kostʹien
partitive kostʹua kostʹie
illative kostʹah kostʹih
inessive kostʹašša kostʹissa
elative kostʹašta kostʹista
adessive kostʹalla kostʹilla
ablative kostʹalta kostʹilta
translative kostʹakši kostʹiksi
essive kostʹana kostʹina
comitative kostʹineh
abessive kostʹatta kostʹitta
prolative
instructive kostʹin
Possessive forms of kostʹa
1st person kostʹani
2nd person kostʹaš
3rd person kostʹah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

References

  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “гость”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN, page 80
  • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “kostja”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN