Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian эвенк (evenk).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

evenka

  1. (in the plural) Evenks
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 37:
      Taigaan zoonaas elläät evenkat (ennen heitä kutsuttii tungusoiks), jakutat, karjalaiset, komit ja venäläiset.
      In the taiga zone there live the Evenks (before they were called Tungus), Yakuts, Karelians, Komis and Russians.
  2. (in the singular) Evenki language

Declension edit

Declension of evenka (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative evenka evenkat
genitive evenkan evenkoin
partitive evenkaa evenkoja
illative evenkaa evenkoihe
inessive evenkaas evenkois
elative evenkast evenkoist
allative evenkalle evenkoille
adessive evenkaal evenkoil
ablative evenkalt evenkoilt
translative evenkaks evenkoiks
essive evenkanna, evenkaan evenkoinna, evenkoin
exessive1) evenkant evenkoint
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.