kulkulagi

Karelian

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

Etymology

From kulku (“throat”) +‎ lagi (“ceiling”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkulkuˌlɑɡi/
  • Hyphenation: kul‧ku‧la‧gi

Noun

kulkulagi (genitive kulkuluan, partitive kulkulagie)

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

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of kulkulagi (irregular)
singular plural
nominative kulkulagi kulkuluat
genitive kulkuluan kulkulagiloin
partitive kulkulagie kulkulagiloida
illative kulkulageh kulkulagiloih
inessive kulkuluašša kulkulagiloissa
elative kulkuluašta kulkulagiloista
adessive kulkulualla kulkulagiloilla
ablative kulkulualda kulkulagiloilda
translative kulkuluakši kulkulagiloiksi
essive kulkulagena kulkulagiloina
comitative kulkuluanke kulkulagiloinke
abessive kulkuluatta kulkulagiloitta
prolative kulkuluačči kulkulagiloičči
instructive — kulkulagiloin
Possessive forms of kulkulagi
1st person kulkulageni
2nd person kulkulageš
3rd person kulkulageh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “kulkulagi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “kulkkulaki”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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