lʹolʹlʹo

Karelian

Regional variants of lʹolʹlʹo
North Karelian
(Viena)
South Karelian
(Tver)
lʹolʹlʹo

Etymology

Ultimately baby talk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʲolʲːo/
  • Hyphenation: lʹolʹ‧lʹo

Noun

lʹolʹlʹo (genitive lʹolʹlʹon, partitive lʹolʹlʹuo)

  1. (South Karelian) elder brother

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of lʹolʹlʹo (type 1/tyttö no gradation)
singular plural
nominative lʹolʹlʹo lʹolʹlʹot
genitive lʹolʹlʹon lʹolʹlʹoloin
partitive lʹolʹlʹuo lʹolʹlʹoloida
illative lʹolʹlʹoh lʹolʹlʹoloih
inessive lʹolʹlʹošša lʹolʹlʹoloissa
elative lʹolʹlʹošta lʹolʹlʹoloista
adessive lʹolʹlʹolla lʹolʹlʹoloilla
ablative lʹolʹlʹolda lʹolʹlʹoloilda
translative lʹolʹlʹokši lʹolʹlʹoloiksi
essive lʹolʹlʹona lʹolʹlʹoloina
comitative lʹolʹlʹonke lʹolʹlʹoloinke
abessive lʹolʹlʹotta lʹolʹlʹoloitta
prolative lʹolʹlʹočči lʹolʹlʹoloičči
instructive lʹolʹlʹoloin
Possessive forms of lʹolʹlʹo
1st person lʹolʹlʹoni
2nd person lʹolʹlʹoš
3rd person lʹolʹlʹoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

References

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