kniika

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Karelian

Regional variants of kniika
North Karelian
(Viena) 		kniika
South Karelian
(Tver) 		kniiga

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian книга (kniga).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknʲiːkɑ/
  • Hyphenation: knii‧ka

Noun

kniika (genitive kniikan, partitive kniikua)

  1. (North Karelian, dialectal) Synonym of kirja (“book”)

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of kniika (type 4/kala, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kniika kniikat
genitive kniikan kniikojen
partitive kniikua kniikoja
illative kniikah kniikoih
inessive kniikašša kniikoissa
elative kniikašta kniikoista
adessive kniikalla kniikoilla
ablative kniikalta kniikoilta
translative kniikakši kniikoiksi
essive kniikana kniikoina
comitative — kniikoineh
abessive kniikatta kniikoitta
Possessive forms of kniika
1st person kniikani
2nd person kniikaš
3rd person kniikah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

References

  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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