Ingrian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Probably somehow related to karjala.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kaarasta

  1. (folk poetic) The name for the homeland of the Finnic people, perhaps corresponding to Oranienbaum, or Karelia, or simply Ingria.

Declension

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Declension of Kaarasta (type 3/kana, st-ss gradation)
singular plural
nominative Kaarasta Kaarassat
genitive Kaarassan Kaarastoin
partitive Kaarastaa Kaarastoja
illative Kaarastaa Kaarastoihe
inessive Kaarassaas Kaarassois
elative Kaarassast Kaarassoist
allative Kaarassalle Kaarassoille
adessive Kaarassaal Kaarassoil
ablative Kaarassalt Kaarassoilt
translative Kaarassaks Kaarassoiks
essive Kaarastanna, Kaarastaan Kaarastoinna, Kaarastoin
exessive1) Kaarastant Kaarastoint
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.

References

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  • E. N. Setälä (1910) “Kullervo-Hamlet IV: Über die Personennamen der Kullervolieder.”, in Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, volume 10, page 75
  • M. Kuusi (1983) “Karjalan arvoitus”, in Virittäjä[2], volume 87, number 2, page 237