šana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sana"

Karelian

Regional variants of šana

North Karelian (Viena)	šana
South Karelian (Tver)	šana

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sana. Cognates include Finnish sana and Estonian sõna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑnɑ/
• Hyphenation: ša‧na

Noun

šana (genitive šanan, partitive šanua)

1. word
2. (in the plural) spell

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of šana (type 4/kala, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	šana	šanat
genitive	šanan	šanojen
partitive	šanua	šanoja
illative	šanah	šanoih
inessive	šanašša	šanoissa
elative	šanašta	šanoista
adessive	šanalla	šanoilla
ablative	šanalta	šanoilta
translative	šanakši	šanoiksi
essive	šanana	šanoina
comitative	—	šanoineh
abessive	šanatta	šanoitta

Tver Karelian declension of šana (type 4/kala no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	šana	šanat
genitive	šanan	šanoin
partitive	šanua	šanoida
illative	šanah	šanoih
inessive	šanašša	šanoissa
elative	šanašta	šanoista
adessive	šanalla	šanoilla
ablative	šanalda	šanoilda
translative	šanakši	šanoiksi
essive	šanana	šanoina
comitative	šananke	šanoinke
abessive	šanatta	šanoitta

Possessive forms of šana
1st person	šanani
2nd person	šanaš
3rd person	šanah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

• šanakirja
• šanakniiga

 

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “šana”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “слово”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN