valkia

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Ingrian

Valkia.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valkëda. Cognates with Finnish valkea and Estonian valge.

Pronunciation

Noun

valkia

  1. white
  2. brightness
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      Illast päivyt laskijaa, veepi parvees päivän valkian ja lämmän (soojan).
      In the evening the Sun sets, it takes along the day's brightness and lämmää (warmth).
  3. lightning

Adjective

valkia (comparative valkiamp)

  1. white
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 56:
      Timo noisi fortockaa, katsoo, valkia on maa.
      Time got up to the fortochka, he looks, the earth is white.
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 79:
      Aita kraasattii valkiaks.
      The fence is painted white.

Declension

Declension of valkia (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative valkia valkiat
genitive valkian valkioin
partitive valkiaa valkioja
illative valkiaa valkioihe
inessive valkiaas valkiois
elative valkiast valkioist
allative valkialle valkioille
adessive valkiaal valkioil
ablative valkialt valkioilt
translative valkiaks valkioiks
essive valkianna, valkiaan valkioinna, valkioin
exessive1) valkiant valkioint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of white): musta (black)

Derived terms

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “валкїа”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 701
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 635
  • Natalia V. Kuznetsova (2009) Фонологические системы Ижорских диалектов [Phonological systems of Ingrian dialects], Saint-Petersburg: Institute for Linguistic Studies (PhD thesis), page 221
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 76