čiili

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Karelian

Regional variants of čiili
North Karelian
(Viena) 		šiili
South Karelian
(Tver) 		čiili

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *siili. Cognates include Finnish siili and Estonian siil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːlʲi/
  • Hyphenation: čii‧li

Noun

čiili (genitive čiilin, partitive čiilie, diminutive čiilyt)

  1. (South Karelian) hedgehog

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of čiili (type 2/risti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative čiili čiilit
genitive čiilin čiililöin
partitive čiilie čiililöidä
illative čiilih čiililöih
inessive čiilissä čiililöissä
elative čiilistä čiililöistä
adessive čiilillä čiililöillä
ablative čiilildä čiililöildä
translative čiiliksi čiililöiksi
essive čiilinä čiililöinä
comitative čiilinke čiililöinke
abessive čiilittä čiililöittä
Possessive forms of čiili
1st person čiilini
2nd person čiilis
3rd person čiilih
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “čiili”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
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