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Karelian
Regional variants of nyköiskarjalaini
North Karelian
(Viena)
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nyköiskarjalaini
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South Karelian
(Tver)
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Etymology
From Livvi nygöi (“now”) + -is- + karjalaini (“Karelian”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnʲykøi̯sˌkɑrjɑˌlɑi̯nʲi/
- Hyphenation: ny‧köis‧kar‧ja‧lai‧ni
Noun
nyköiskarjalaini (genitive nyköiskarjalaisen, partitive nyköiskarjalaista)
- (North Karelian) a Karelian person who says nygöi instead of nyt (“now”), i.e. a speaker of Livvi or (non-Tver) South Karelian as opposed to a speaker of North Karelian.
Declension
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References
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “nyköiskarjalaine”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN