šana

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Karelian

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sana. Cognates include Finnish sana and Estonian sõna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɑnɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ša‧na

Noun

šana (genitive šanan, partitive šanua)

  1. word
  2. (in the plural) spell

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of šana (type 4/kala, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šana šanat
genitive šanan šanojen
partitive šanua šanoja
illative šanah šanoih
inessive šanašša šanoissa
elative šanašta šanoista
adessive šanalla šanoilla
ablative šanalta šanoilta
translative šanakši šanoiksi
essive šanana šanoina
comitative — šanoineh
abessive šanatta šanoitta
Tver Karelian declension of šana (type 4/kala no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šana šanat
genitive šanan šanoin
partitive šanua šanoida
illative šanah šanoih
inessive šanašša šanoissa
elative šanašta šanoista
adessive šanalla šanoilla
ablative šanalda šanoilda
translative šanakši šanoiksi
essive šanana šanoina
comitative šananke šanoinke
abessive šanatta šanoitta
Possessive forms of šana
1st person šanani
2nd person šanaš
3rd person šanah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “šana”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “слово”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN
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