šanakniiga

Karelian

Regional variants of šanakniiga

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

Etymology

From šana (“word”) +‎ kniiga (“book”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑnɑˌknʲiːɡɑ/
• Hyphenation: ša‧na‧knii‧ga

Noun

šanakniiga (genitive šanakniigan, partitive šanakniigua)

1. (South Karelian) dictionary

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of šanakniiga (type 4/kala no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	šanakniiga	šanakniigat
genitive	šanakniigan	šanakniigoin
partitive	šanakniigua	šanakniigoida
illative	šanakniigah	šanakniigoih
inessive	šanakniigašša	šanakniigoissa
elative	šanakniigašta	šanakniigoista
adessive	šanakniigalla	šanakniigoilla
ablative	šanakniigalda	šanakniigoilda
translative	šanakniigakši	šanakniigoiksi
essive	šanakniigana	šanakniigoina
comitative	šanakniiganke	šanakniigoinke
abessive	šanakniigatta	šanakniigoitta

Possessive forms of šanakniiga
1st person	šanakniigani
2nd person	šanakniigaš
3rd person	šanakniigah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

• (North Karelian) šanakirja

References

• I. Novak, I. Komissarova (2019) Miun harpaukšet karielan kieleh, Periodika, →ISBN, page 207