šuora

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Karelian

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soora. Cognates include Finnish suora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃuo̯rɑ/
  • Hyphenation: šuo‧ra

Noun

šuora (genitive šuoran, partitive šuorua, comparative šuorempi／šuorembi, superlative šuorin)

  1. (North Karelian) straight (not bent)
  2. (North Karelian) sincere
  3. (North Karelian) true, real
  4. (North Karelian, travel) direct
  5. (South Karelian) promiscuous (having more than one sexual partner)

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of šuora (type 5/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šuora šuorat
genitive šuoran šuorien
partitive šuorua šuorie
illative šuorah šuorih
inessive šuorašša šuorissa
elative šuorašta šuorista
adessive šuoralla šuorilla
ablative šuoralta šuorilta
translative šuorakši šuoriksi
essive šuorana šuorina
comitative — šuorineh
abessive šuoratta šuoritta
Tver Karelian declension of šuora (type 5/koira no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šuora šuorat
genitive šuoran šuorin
partitive šuorua šuorie
illative šuorah šuorih
inessive šuorašša šuorissa
elative šuorašta šuorista
adessive šuoralla šuorilla
ablative šuoralda šuorilda
translative šuorakši šuoriksi
essive šuorana šuorina
comitative šuoranke šuorinke
abessive šuoratta šuoritta
Possessive forms of šuora
1st person šuorani
2nd person šuoraš
3rd person šuorah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “straight”): (North Karelian) viärä
  • (antonym(s) of “sincere”): (North Karelian) viärä

References

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