Contraction of kuani.
kani (Kana spelling カニ)
| person | isolated form | affix form | ||
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| nominative | objective | |||
| first | singular | kuani, kani1 | ku=, k=1 (before vowels) | en= |
| exclusive plural | ciokay, coka1, ciutari | ci=, c=1 =as | un= | |
| inclusive plural | anokay, aoka1, anutari | a=, =an | i= | |
| second | singular | eani | e= | |
| plural | eciokay, ecioka1, eciutari | eci= | ||
| singular (polite) | anokay, aoka1 | a=, =an | i= | |
| plural (polite) | anokay, aoka1, anutari | |||
| third | singular | sinuma, anihi | ∅= | |
| plural | okay, oka1 | |||
| indefinite | singular | asinuma | a=, =an | i= |
| plural | anokay, aoka1, anutari | |||
| 1. Saru dialect | ||||
kani
kani
From Proto-Central-Pacific *kani, from Proto-Oceanic *kani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.
kani
kani
| Inflection of kani (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | kani | kanit | ||
| genitive | kanin | kanien | ||
| partitive | kania | kaneja | ||
| illative | kaniin | kaneihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kani | kanit | ||
| accusative | nom. | kani | kanit | |
| gen. | kanin | |||
| genitive | kanin | kanien | ||
| partitive | kania | kaneja | ||
| inessive | kanissa | kaneissa | ||
| elative | kanista | kaneista | ||
| illative | kaniin | kaneihin | ||
| adessive | kanilla | kaneilla | ||
| ablative | kanilta | kaneilta | ||
| allative | kanille | kaneille | ||
| essive | kanina | kaneina | ||
| translative | kaniksi | kaneiksi | ||
| abessive | kanitta | kaneitta | ||
| instructive | — | kanein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Probably borrowed from Russian кон (kon). Influenced by etymology 1.
kani (colloquial)
| Inflection of kani (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kani | kanit | ||
| genitive | kanin | kanien | ||
| partitive | kania | kaneja | ||
| illative | kaniin | kaneihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kani | kanit | ||
| accusative | nom. | kani | kanit | |
| gen. | kanin | |||
| genitive | kanin | kanien | ||
| partitive | kania | kaneja | ||
| inessive | kanissa | kaneissa | ||
| elative | kanista | kaneista | ||
| illative | kaniin | kaneihin | ||
| adessive | kanilla | kaneilla | ||
| ablative | kanilta | kaneilta | ||
| allative | kanille | kaneille | ||
| essive | kanina | kaneina | ||
| translative | kaniksi | kaneiksi | ||
| abessive | kanitta | kaneitta | ||
| instructive | — | kanein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis (compare Kapingamarangi, Maori and Rarotongan tangi, Fijian tagi, Chamorro tanges, Malay tangis).
kani
kani
kani
| North Karelian (Viena) |
kani |
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| South Karelian (Tver) |
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kani (genitive kanin, partitive kanie)
| Viena Karelian declension of kani (type 2/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kan??? | kan??? | |
| genitive | kan??? | kan??? | |
| partitive | kan??? | kan??? | |
| illative | kan??? | kan??? | |
| inessive | kan??? | kan??? | |
| elative | kan??? | kan??? | |
| adessive | kan??? | kan??? | |
| ablative | kan??? | kan??? | |
| translative | kan??? | kan??? | |
| essive | kan??? | kan??? | |
| comitative | — | kan??? | |
| abessive | kan??? | kan??? | |
| Possessive forms of kani | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | kanini | |
| 2nd person | kanis | |
| 3rd person | kanih | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
kani
kani
kani
kani (not comparable, no derived adverb)
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | virile (= masculine personal) | non-virile | |
| nominative | kani | kania | kanie | kani | kanie | |
| genitive | kaniego | kaniej | kaniego | kanich | ||
| dative | kaniemu | kaniej | kaniemu | kanim | ||
| accusative | kaniego | kani | kanią | kanie | kanich | kanie |
| instrumental | kanim | kanią | kanim | kanimi | ||
| locative | kanim | kaniej | kanim | kanich | ||
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kani (Cyrillic spelling кани)
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kani (n class, plural kani)
From Ottoman Turkish قانع (kani), from Arabic قَانِع (qāniʕ).
kani (archaic)
kani