šoma

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Karelian

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soma. Cognates include Finnish soma and Veps čoma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃomɑ/
  • Hyphenation: šo‧ma

Adjective

šoma (genitive šoman, partitive šomua, comparative šomempi／šomembi, superlative šomin, diminutive šomani／šomane)

  1. pretty, handsome

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of šoma (type 5/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šoma šomat
genitive šoman šomien
partitive šomua šomie
illative šomah šomih
inessive šomašša šomissa
elative šomašta šomista
adessive šomalla šomilla
ablative šomalta šomilta
translative šomakši šomiksi
essive šomana šomina
comitative — šomineh
abessive šomatta šomitta
Tver Karelian declension of šoma (type 5/koira no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šoma šomat
genitive šoman šomin
partitive šomua šomie
illative šomah šomih
inessive šomašša šomissa
elative šomašta šomista
adessive šomalla šomilla
ablative šomalda šomilda
translative šomakši šomiksi
essive šomana šomina
comitative šomanke šominke
abessive šomatta šomitta
Possessive forms of šoma
1st person šomani
2nd person šomaš
3rd person šomah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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