Karelian edit

Regional variants of bokko
North Karelian
(Viena)
pokko
South Karelian
(Tver)
bokko

Etymology edit

From an endearing form of dialectal Russian боран (boran).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbokːo/
  • Hyphenation: bok‧ko

Noun edit

bokko (genitive bokon, partitive bokkuo)

  1. (South Karelian) ram (male sheep)

Declension edit

Tver Karelian declension of bokko (type 1/tyttö kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative bokko bokot
genitive bokon bokkoloin
partitive bokkuo bokkoloida
illative bokkoh bokkoloih
inessive bokošša bokkoloissa
elative bokošta bokkoloista
adessive bokolla bokkoloilla
ablative bokolda bokkoloilda
translative bokokši bokkoloiksi
essive bokkona bokkoloina
comitative bokonke bokkoloinke
abessive bokotta bokkoloitta
Possessive forms of bokko
1st person bokkoni
2nd person bokkoš
3rd person bokkoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References edit

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