vanhembi

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Karelian

Regional variants of vanhembi
North Karelian
(Viena) 		vanhempi
South Karelian
(Tver) 		vanhembi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑnhembi/
  • Hyphenation: van‧hem‧bi

Noun

vanhembi (genitive vanhemman, partitive vanhembua)

  1. (South Karelian) parent

Adjective

vanhembi (genitive vanhemman, partitive vanhembua)

  1. (South Karelian) comparative degree of vanha

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of vanhembi (type 7/vanhembi, mb-mm gradation)
singular plural
nominative vanhembi vanhemmat
genitive vanhemman vanhembien
partitive vanhembua vanhembie
illative vanhembah vanhembih
inessive vanhemmašša vanhemmissa
elative vanhemmašta vanhemmista
adessive vanhemmalda vanhemmilla
ablative vanhemmalta vanhemmilda
translative vanhemmakši vanhemmiksi
essive vanhembana vanhembina
comitative vanhemmanke vanhemminke
abessive vanhemmatta vanhemmitta
Possessive forms of vanhembi
1st person vanhembini
2nd person vanhembis
3rd person vanhembih
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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