kakla

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See also: kaklā

Karelian

Regional variants of kakla
North Karelian
(Viena)
kakla
South Karelian
(Tver)
kagla

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kakla. Cognates include Finnish kaula and Estonian kael.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑklɑ/
  • Hyphenation: kak‧la

Noun

kakla (genitive kaklan, partitive kaklua)

  1. (North Karelian) neck

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of kakla (type 4/kala, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kakla kaklat
genitive kaklan kaklojen
partitive kaklua kakloja
illative kaklah kakloih
inessive kaklašša kakloissa
elative kaklašta kakloista
adessive kaklalla kakloilla
ablative kaklalta kakloilta
translative kaklakši kakloiksi
essive kaklana kakloina
comitative kakloineh
abessive kaklatta kakloitta
Possessive forms of kakla
1st person kaklani
2nd person kaklaš
3rd person kaklah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “шея”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

Latvian

Noun

kakla m

  1. genitive singular of kakls