Kannanlakši

Karelian

Regional variants of Kannanlakši

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

Etymology

From kannan (“of a heel”) +‎ lakši (“bay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnːɑnˌlɑkʃi/
• Hyphenation: kan‧nan‧lak‧ši

Proper noun

Kannanlakši (genitive Kannanlahen, partitive Kannanlahta)

1. (North Karelian) Kandalaksha (a town in the Kandalakshsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia)
   • 1950, M. P. Lesonen, “Chapter 40.”, in V. Y. Evseeva, editor, Карельские эпические песни [Karelian epic songs]‎^[1], page 96, lines 24-25:

     Šituo merenšivun, // Kannonlahta kaunistua;

     To forge the seaside, // To beautify Kandalaksha;

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of Kannanlakši (irregular, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	Kannanlakši	—
genitive	Kannanlahen	—
partitive	Kannanlahta	—
illative	Kannanlahtih	—
inessive	Kannanlahešša	—
elative	Kannanlahešta	—
adessive	Kannanlahella	—
ablative	Kannanlahelta	—
translative	Kannanlahekši	—
essive	Kannanlahtina	—
comitative	—	—
abessive	Kannanlahetta	—

Possessive forms of Kannanlakši
1st person	Kannanlakšeni
2nd person	Kannanlakšeš
3rd person	Kannanlakšeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.