klʹukka

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See also: klukka

Karelian

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian клюка (kljuka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklʲukːɑ/
  • Hyphenation: klʹuk‧ka

Noun

klʹukka (genitive klʹukan, partitive klʹukkua)

  1. (South Karelian) hook
  2. (South Karelian) stick, staff

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of klʹukka (type 5/koira kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative klʹukka klʹukat
genitive klʹukan klʹukin
partitive klʹukkua klʹukkie
illative klʹukkah klʹukkih
inessive klʹukašša klʹukissa
elative klʹukašta klʹukista
adessive klʹukalla klʹukilla
ablative klʹukalda klʹukilda
translative klʹukakši klʹukiksi
essive klʹukkana klʹukkina
comitative klʹukanke klʹukinke
abessive klʹukatta klʹukitta
Possessive forms of klʹukka
1st person klʹukkani
2nd person klʹukkaš
3rd person klʹukkah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “klʹukka”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “kĺukka”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN