korkie

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Karelian

Regional variants of korkie
North Karelian
(Viena) 		korkie
South Karelian
(Tver) 		korgie

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *korkëda. Cognates include Finnish korkea and Estonian kõrge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkorkie̯/
  • Hyphenation: kor‧kie

Noun

korkie (genitive korkien, partitive korkieta)

  1. (North Karelian) high, tall

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of korkie (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative korkie korkiet
genitive korkien korkeijen
partitive korkietä korkeitä
illative korkieh korkeih
inessive korkieššä korkeissä
elative korkieštä korkeistä
adessive korkiellä korkeillä
ablative korkieltä korkeiltä
translative korkiekši korkeiksi
essive korkienä korkeinä
comitative — korkeineh
abessive korkiettä korkeittä
Possessive forms of korkie
1st person korkieni
2nd person korkieš
3rd person korkieh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN
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