kandu
See also: kändu
Hausa edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Livvi edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *kanta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kanta. Akin to Finnish kanta.
Noun edit
kandu
Declension edit
| Declension of kandu (Type 3/jalgu, nd-nn gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kandu | kannat |
| genitive | kannan | kannoin |
| partitive | kandua | kandoi |
| illative | kandah | kandoih |
| inessive | kannas | kannois |
| elative | kannaspäi | kannoispäi |
| allative | kannale | kannoile |
| adessive | kannal | kannoil |
| ablative | kannalpäi | kannoilpäi |
| translative | kannakse | kannoikse |
| essive | kannannu | kannoinnu |
| abessive | kannattah | kannoittah |
| comitative | kannanke | kannoinke |
| instructive | kannoin | |
| prolative | kannači | |
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
kandu
- generation, birth, origin, stock, family, race, tribe, lineage
- total number/head of livestock, population
- (linguistics) root
Declension edit
| Declension of kandu (Type 3/jalgu, nd-nn gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kandu | kannat |
| genitive | kannan | kannoin |
| partitive | kandua | kandoi |
| illative | kandah | kandoih |
| inessive | kannas | kannois |
| elative | kannaspäi | kannoispäi |
| allative | kannale | kannoile |
| adessive | kannal | kannoil |
| ablative | kannalpäi | kannoilpäi |
| translative | kannakse | kannoikse |
| essive | kannannu | kannoinnu |
| abessive | kannattah | kannoittah |
| comitative | kannanke | kannoinke |
| instructive | kannoin | |
| prolative | kannači | |
References edit
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 93