Karelian

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Regional variants of kanži
North Karelian
(Viena)
kanši
South Karelian
(Tver)
kanži

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑnʒi/
  • Hyphenation: kan‧ži

Noun

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kanži (genitive kannen, partitive kanta)

  1. (South Karelian) lid

Declension

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Tver Karelian declension of kanži (type 10/vezi, nd-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative kanži kannet
genitive kannen kanžiloin
partitive kanta kanžiloida
illative kanžih kanžiloih
inessive kannešša kanžiloissa
elative kannešta kanžiloista
adessive kannella kanžiloilla
ablative kannelda kanžiloilda
translative kannekši kanžiloiksi
essive kanžina kanžiloina
comitative kannenke kanžiloinke
abessive kannetta kanžiloitta
Possessive forms of kanži
1st person kandeni
2nd person kandeš
3rd person kandeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kanži”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN