čiba

Karelian

Regional variants of čiba

North Karelian (Viena)	—
South Karelian (Tver)	čiba

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃibɑ/
• Hyphenation: či‧ba

Noun

čiba (genitive čiban, partitive čibua)

1. (South Karelian) goat
2. (South Karelian) a type of sledge on which one stands

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of čiba (type 4/kala no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	čiba	čibat
genitive	čiban	čiboin
partitive	čibua	čiboida
illative	čibah	čiboih
inessive	čibašša	čiboissa
elative	čibašta	čiboista
adessive	čiballa	čiboilla
ablative	čibalda	čiboilda
translative	čibakši	čiboiksi
essive	čibana	čiboina
comitative	čibanke	čiboinke
abessive	čibatta	čiboitta

Possessive forms of čiba
1st person	čibani
2nd person	čibaš
3rd person	čibah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

• kosa (North Karelian), koza (South Karelian, dialectal)

References

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