Kannanlakši
Karelian
editNorth Karelian (Viena) |
Kannanlakši |
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South Karelian (Tver) |
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Etymology
editFrom kannan (“of a heel”) + lakši (“bay”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKannanlakši (genitive Kannanlahen, partitive Kannanlahta)
- (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
editViena Karelian declension of Kannanlakši (irregular, t- gradation) | |||
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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 | ||
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1st person | Kannanlakšeni | |
2nd person | Kannanlakšeš | |
3rd person | Kannanlakšeh | |
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. |