| North Karelian (Viena) |
muailma, muajilma |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
muailma |
From Proto-Finnic *maailma, equivalent to mua (“earth”) + ilma (“air”). Cognates include Finnish maailma and Veps mail'm.
muailma (genitive muailman, partitive muailmua)
| Viena Karelian declension of muailma (type 4/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | muailma | muailmat | |
| genitive | muailman | muailmojen | |
| partitive | muailmua | muailmoja | |
| illative | muailmah | muailmoih | |
| inessive | muailmašša | muailmoissa | |
| elative | muailmašta | muailmoista | |
| adessive | muailmalla | muailmoilla | |
| ablative | muailmalta | muailmoilta | |
| translative | muailmakši | muailmoiksi | |
| essive | muailmana | muailmoina | |
| comitative | — | muailmoineh | |
| abessive | muailmatta | muailmoitta | |
| Tver Karelian declension of muailma (type 4/kala no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | muailma | muailmat | |
| genitive | muailman | muailmoin | |
| partitive | muailmua | muailmoida | |
| illative | muailmah | muailmoih | |
| inessive | muailmašša | muailmoissa | |
| elative | muailmašta | muailmoista | |
| adessive | muailmalla | muailmoilla | |
| ablative | muailmalda | muailmoilda | |
| translative | muailmakši | muailmoiksi | |
| essive | muailmana | muailmoina | |
| comitative | muailmanke | muailmoinke | |
| abessive | muailmatta | muailmoitta | |
| Possessive forms of muailma | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | muailmani | |
| 2nd person | muailmaš | |
| 3rd person | muailmah | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||