sakona

Karelian

Regional variants of sakona
North Karelian
(Viena)
sakona
South Karelian
(Tver)
zakona

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian закон (zakon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑkonɑ/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ko‧na

Noun

sakona (genitive sakonan, partitive sakonua)

  1. (North Karelian, dialectal) synonym of laki (law)

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of sakona (type 4/kala, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sakona sakonat
genitive sakonan sakonojen
partitive sakonua sakonoja
illative sakonah sakonoih
inessive sakonašša sakonoissa
elative sakonašta sakonoista
adessive sakonalla sakonoilla
ablative sakonalta sakonoilta
translative sakonakši sakonoiksi
essive sakonana sakonoina
comitative sakonoineh
abessive sakonatta sakonoitta
prolative
instructive sakonoin
Possessive forms of sakona
1st person sakonani
2nd person sakonaš
3rd person sakonah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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