nʹonʹnʹo
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
— |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
nʹonʹnʹo |
Etymology
Ultimately baby talk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnʲonʲːo/
- Hyphenation: nʹonʹ‧nʹo
Noun
nʹonʹnʹo (genitive nʹonʹnʹon, partitive nʹonʹnʹuo)
- (South Karelian) synonym of lʹolʹlʹo (“elder brother”)
Declension
| Tver Karelian declension of nʹonʹnʹo (type 1/tyttö no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nʹonʹnʹo | nʹonʹnʹot | |
| genitive | nʹonʹnʹon | nʹonʹnʹoloin | |
| partitive | nʹonʹnʹuo | nʹonʹnʹoloida | |
| illative | nʹonʹnʹoh | nʹonʹnʹoloih | |
| inessive | nʹonʹnʹošša | nʹonʹnʹoloissa | |
| elative | nʹonʹnʹošta | nʹonʹnʹoloista | |
| adessive | nʹonʹnʹolla | nʹonʹnʹoloilla | |
| ablative | nʹonʹnʹolda | nʹonʹnʹoloilda | |
| translative | nʹonʹnʹokši | nʹonʹnʹoloiksi | |
| essive | nʹonʹnʹona | nʹonʹnʹoloina | |
| comitative | nʹonʹnʹonke | nʹonʹnʹoloinke | |
| abessive | nʹonʹnʹotta | nʹonʹnʹoloitta | |
| prolative | nʹonʹnʹočči | nʹonʹnʹoloičči | |
| instructive | — | nʹonʹnʹoloin | |
| Possessive forms of nʹonʹnʹo | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | nʹonʹnʹoni | |
| 2nd person | nʹonʹnʹoš | |
| 3rd person | nʹonʹnʹoh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994), “nʹonʹnʹo”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN