käby

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Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *käpü.

Noun

käby

  1. cone (of pine)

Livvi

Käby.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *käpü. Cognates include Finnish käpy and Estonian käbi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæby/
  • Hyphenation: kä‧by
  • Rhymes: -æby

Noun

käby

  1. cone (of a conifer)

Declension

Declension of käby (Type 12/kyly, b-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative käby kävyt
genitive kävyn käbylöin
partitive käbyy käbylöi
illative käbyh käbylöih
inessive kävys käbylöis
elative kävyspäi käbylöispäi
allative kävyle käbylöile
adessive kävyl käbylöil
ablative kävylpäi käbylöilpäi
translative kävykse käbylöikse
essive kävynny käbylöinny
abessive kävyttäh käbylöittäh
comitative kävynke käbylöinke
instructive käbylöin
prolative kävyči

References

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