harmua

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Karelian

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *harmaga. Cognates include Finnish harmaa and Ingrian harmaa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑrmuɑ̯/
  • Hyphenation: har‧mua

Adjective

harmua (genitive harmuan, partitive harmuata／harmuada)

  1. grey

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of harmua (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative harmua harmuat
genitive harmuan harmaijen
partitive harmuata harmaita
illative harmuah harmaih
inessive harmuašša harmaissa
elative harmuašta harmaista
adessive harmualla harmailla
ablative harmualta harmailta
translative harmuakši harmaiksi
essive harmuana harmaina
comitative — harmaineh
abessive harmuatta harmaitta
Tver Karelian declension of harmua (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative harmua harmuat
genitive harmuan harmain
partitive harmuada harmaida
illative harmuah harmaih
inessive harmuašša harmaissa
elative harmuašta harmaista
adessive harmualla harmailla
ablative harmualda harmailda
translative harmuakši harmaiksi
essive harmuana harmaina
comitative harmuanke harmainke
abessive harmuatta harmaitta
Possessive forms of harmua
1st person harmuani
2nd person harmuaš
3rd person harmuah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “harmua”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “harmua”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “harmoa”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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