kulkkulaki

Karelian

Regional variants of kulkkulaki
North Karelian
(Viena) 		kulkkulaki
South Karelian
(Tver) 		kulkulagi

Etymology

From kulkku (“throat”) +‎ laki (“ceiling”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkulkːuˌlɑki/
  • Hyphenation: kulk‧ku‧la‧ki

Noun

kulkkulaki (genitive kulkkuluan, partitive kulkkulakie)

  1. (North Karelian) palate (upper part of the mouth)

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of kulkkulaki (irregular)
singular plural
nominative kulkkulaki kulkkuluat
genitive kulkkuluan kulkkulakien
partitive kulkkulakie kulkkulakija
illative kulkkulakeh kulkkulakiloih
inessive kulkkuluašša kulkkulakiloissa
elative kulkkuluašta kulkkulakiloista
adessive kulkkulualla kulkkulakiloilla
ablative kulkkulualta kulkkulakiloilta
translative kulkkuluakši kulkkulakiloiksi
essive kulkkulakena kulkkulakiloina
comitative — kulkkulakiloineh
abessive kulkkuluatta kulkkulakiloitta
prolative — —
instructive — kulkkulakiloin
Possessive forms of kulkkulaki
1st person kulkkulakeni
2nd person kulkkulakeš
3rd person kulkkulakeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

References

  • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “kulkkulaki”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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