čakka

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Karelian

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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑkːɑ/
  • Hyphenation: čak‧ka

Noun

čakka (genitive čakan, partitive čakkua)

  1. bloodsuckers collectively
  2. (South Karelian, dialectal) Synonym of hiiri (mouse)
  3. (South Karelian, avoidance) Synonym of hukka (wolf)

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of čakka (type 4/kala, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative čakka čakat
genitive čakan čakkojen
partitive čakkua čakkoja
illative čakkah čakkoih
inessive čakašša čakoissa
elative čakašta čakoista
adessive čakalla čakoilla
ablative čakalta čakoilta
translative čakakši čakoiksi
essive čakkana čakkoina
comitative čakoineh
abessive čakatta čakoitta
Tver Karelian declension of čakka (type 4/kala kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative čakka čakat
genitive čakan čakoin
partitive čakkua čakkoida
illative čakkah čakkoih
inessive čakašša čakoissa
elative čakašta čakoista
adessive čakalla čakoilla
ablative čakalda čakoilda
translative čakakši čakoiksi
essive čakkana čakkoina
comitative čakanke čakoinke
abessive čakatta čakoitta
Possessive forms of čakka
1st person čakkani
2nd person čakkaš
3rd person čakkah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “čakka”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “čakka”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN