ahtivo

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Karelian

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

Etymology

Cognate with dialectal Livvi ahtivo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑhtʲiʋo/
  • Hyphenation: ah‧ti‧vo

Noun

ahtivo (genitive ahtivon, partitive ahtivuo)

  1. (South Karelian, dialectal) distress

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of ahtivo (type 1/tyttö no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ahtivo ahtivot
genitive ahtivon ahtivoloin
partitive ahtivuo ahtivoloida
illative ahtivoh ahtivoloih
inessive ahtivošša ahtivoloissa
elative ahtivošta ahtivoloista
adessive ahtivolla ahtivoloilla
ablative ahtivolda ahtivoloilda
translative ahtivokši ahtivoloiksi
essive ahtivona ahtivoloina
comitative ahtivonke ahtivoloinke
abessive ahtivotta ahtivoloitta
Possessive forms of ahtivo
1st person ahtivoni
2nd person ahtivoš
3rd person ahtivoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “ahtivo”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN