kanši

See also: kansi, kaņši, and kànsì

Karelian

Regional variants of kanši

North Karelian (Viena)	kanši
South Karelian (Tver)	kanži

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kanci. Cognates include Finnish kansi and Estonian kaas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnʃi/
• Hyphenation: kan‧ši

Noun

kanši (genitive kannen, partitive kantta)

1. (North Karelian) lid
2. (North Karelian) cover

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of kanši (type 10/vesi, nt-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kanši	kannet
genitive	kannen	kanšien
partitive	kantta	kanšija
illative	kanših	kanšiloih
inessive	kannešša	kanšiloissa
elative	kannešta	kanšiloista
adessive	kannella	kanšiloilla
ablative	kannelta	kanšiloilta
translative	kannekši	kanšiloiksi
essive	kanšina	kanšiloina
comitative	—	kanšiloineh
abessive	kannetta	kanšiloitta

Possessive forms of kanši
1st person	kanteni
2nd person	kanteš
3rd person	kanteh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kansi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN