igä

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Karelian

Regional variants of igä
North Karelian
(Viena)
ikä
South Karelian
(Tver)
igä

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ikä. Cognates include Finnish ikä and Estonian iga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiɡæ/
  • Hyphenation: i‧gä

Noun

igä (genitive ijän, partitive igiä)

  1. (South Karelian) age

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of igä (type 5/koira g-j gradation)
singular plural
nominative igä ijät
genitive ijän ijin
partitive igiä igie
illative igäh igih
inessive ijäššä ijissä
elative ijäštä ijistä
adessive ijällä ijillä
ablative ijäldä ijildä
translative ijäkši ijiksi
essive igänä iginä
comitative ijänke ijinke
abessive ijättä ijittä
Possessive forms of igä
1st person igäni
2nd person igäš
3rd person igäh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “igä”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ikä. Cognates include Finnish ikä and Estonian iga.

Pronunciation

Noun

igä

  1. age

Declension

Declension of igä (Type 6/igä, ig-ij gradation)
singular plural
nominative igä ijät
genitive ijän ijiin
partitive igiä igii
illative igäh igiih
inessive ijäs ijiis
elative ijäspäi ijiispäi
allative ijäle ijiile
adessive ijäl ijiil
ablative ijälpäi ijiilpäi
translative ijäkse ijiikse
essive ijänny ijiinny
abessive ijättäh ijiittäh
comitative ijänke ijiinke
instructive ijiin
prolative ijäči

Derived terms

References

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) “igä”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ikä.

Noun

igä

  1. age

Inflection

Inflection of igä (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing. igä
genitive sing. igän
partitive sing. igäd
partitive plur. igid
singular plural
nominative igä igäd
accusative igän igäd
genitive igän igiden
partitive igäd igid
essive-instructive igän igin
translative igäks igikš
inessive igäs igiš
elative igäspäi igišpäi
illative igähä igihe
adessive igäl igil
ablative igälpäi igilpäi
allative igäle igile
abessive igäta igita
comitative igänke igidenke
prolative igädme igidme
approximative I igänno igidenno
approximative II igännoks igidennoks
egressive igännopäi igidennopäi
terminative I igähäsai igihesai
terminative II igälesai igilesai
terminative III igässai
additive I igähäpäi igihepäi
additive II igälepäi igilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “возраст, лета”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ikä.

Noun

igä (genitive , partitive ikä)

  1. age

Declension