kurgi

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Estonian

Noun

kurgi

  1. partitive plural of kurg

Karelian

Regional variants of kurgi
North Karelian
(Viena)
kurki
South Karelian
(Tver)
kurgi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurki. Cognates include Finnish kurki and Estonian kurg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkurɡi/
  • Hyphenation: kur‧gi

Noun

kurgi (genitive kurren, partitive kurgie)

  1. (South Karelian) crane

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of kurgi (type 3/ovi, rg-rr gradation)
singular plural
nominative kurgi kurret
genitive kurren kurgiloin
partitive kurgie kurgiloida
illative kurgih kurgiloih
inessive kurrešša kurgiloissa
elative kurrešta kurgiloista
adessive kurrella kurgiloilla
ablative kurrelda kurgiloilda
translative kurrekši kurgiloiksi
essive kurgina kurgiloina
comitative kurrenke kurgiloinke
abessive kurretta kurgiloitta
Possessive forms of kurgi
1st person kurgeni
2nd person kurgeš
3rd person kurgeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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

Livvi

Kurgi.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurki. Cognates include Finnish kurki and Estonian kurg.

Pronunciation

Noun

kurgi (genitive kurren, partitive kurgie)

  1. crane

References

  • Olga Žarinova (2012) Pagizemmo Karjalakse [Let's speak Karelian], St Petersburg, →ISBN, page 11
  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) “kurgi”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN