zakona

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian закон (zakon).

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈzɑkonɑ/, [ˈz̠ɑko̞ˑn]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈzɑkoːnɑ/, [ˈʃɑkˑo̝ːnɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑkon, -ɑkoːnɑ
  • Hyphenation: za‧ko‧na

Noun

zakona

  1. rule, law
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46:
      Tämä pitkä vokala ono tekahunt lyhhyest vokalast fonettisen zakonan mukkaa.
      This long vowel is formed from a short vowel according to a phonetical rule.

Declension

Declension of zakona (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative zakona zakonat
genitive zakonan zakonoin
partitive zakonaa zakonoja
illative zakonaa zakonoihe
inessive zakonaas zakonois
elative zakonast zakonoist
allative zakonalle zakonoille
adessive zakonaal zakonoil
ablative zakonalt zakonoilt
translative zakonaks zakonoiks
essive zakonanna, zakonaan zakonoinna, zakonoin
exessive1) zakonant zakonoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 601

Karelian

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian закон (zakon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɑkonɑ/
  • Hyphenation: za‧ko‧na

Noun

zakona (genitive zakonan, partitive zakonua)

  1. (South Karelian) law

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of zakona (type 4/kala no gradation)
singular plural
nominative zakona zakonat
genitive zakonan zakonoin
partitive zakonua zakonoida
illative zakonah zakonoih
inessive zakonašša zakonoissa
elative zakonašta zakonoista
adessive zakonalla zakonoilla
ablative zakonalda zakonoilda
translative zakonakši zakonoiksi
essive zakonana zakonoina
comitative zakonanke zakonoinke
abessive zakonatta zakonoitta
prolative zakonačči zakonoičči
instructive zakonoin
Possessive forms of zakona
1st person zakonani
2nd person zakonaš
3rd person zakonah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

  • (North Karelian) laki, (dialectal) sakona; (South Karelian, dialectal) lagi

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “zakona”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “sakona”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN