Karelian edit

Regional variants of kariela
North Karelian
(Viena)
karjala
South Karelian
(Tver)
kariela

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Cognates include Finnish karjala and Ingrian karjala.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑrʲie̯lɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧rie‧la

Noun edit

kariela (genitive karielan, partitive karielua)

  1. (South Karelian) Karelian language

Declension edit

Tver Karelian declension of kariela (type 4/kala no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kariela karielat
genitive karielan karieloin
partitive karielua karieloida
illative karielah karieloih
inessive karielašša karieloissa
elative karielašta karieloista
adessive karielalla karieloilla
ablative karielalda karieloilda
translative karielakši karieloiksi
essive karielana karieloina
comitative karielanke karieloinke
abessive karielatta karieloitta
Possessive forms of kariela
1st person karielani
2nd person karielaš
3rd person karielah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References edit

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