kontie

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Karelian

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkontie̯/
  • Hyphenation: kon‧tie

Noun

kontie (genitive kontien, partitive kontieta)

  1. (North Karelian) bear

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of kontie (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kontie kontiet
genitive kontien konteijen
partitive kontieta konteita
illative kontieh konteih
inessive kontiešša konteissa
elative kontiešta konteista
adessive kontiella konteilla
ablative kontielta konteilta
translative kontiekši konteiksi
essive kontiena konteina
comitative konteineh
abessive kontietta konteitta
Possessive forms of kontie
1st person kontieni
2nd person kontieš
3rd person kontieh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

References

  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kontie”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN