kondie

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Karelian

Regional variants of kondie
North Karelian
(Viena) 		kontie
South Karelian
(Tver) 		kondie

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kontija. Cognates include Finnish kontio and Veps kondi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkondie̯/
  • Hyphenation: kon‧die

Noun

kondie (genitive kondien, partitive kondieda)

  1. (South Karelian) bear

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of kondie (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kondie kondiet
genitive kondien kondein
partitive kondieda kondeida
illative kondieh kondeih
inessive kondiešša kondeissa
elative kondiešta kondeista
adessive kondiella kondeilla
ablative kondielda kondeilda
translative kondiekši kondeiksi
essive kondiena kondeina
comitative kondienke kondeinke
abessive kondietta kondeitta
Possessive forms of kondie
1st person kondieni
2nd person kondieš
3rd person kondieh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

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References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kondie”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
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