korgie

Karelian

Regional variants of korgie

North Karelian (Viena)	korkie
South Karelian (Tver)	korgie

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *korkëda. Cognates include Finnish korkea and Estonian kõrge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkorɡie̯/
• Hyphenation: kor‧gie

Noun

korgie (genitive korgien, partitive korgieda)

1. (South Karelian) high, tall

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of korgie (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	korgie	korgiet
genitive	korgien	korgeijen
partitive	korgietä	korgeitä
illative	korgieh	korgeih
inessive	korgieššä	korgeissä
elative	korgieštä	korgeistä
adessive	korgiellä	korgeillä
ablative	korgieltä	korgeiltä
translative	korgiekši	korgeiksi
essive	korgienä	korgeinä
comitative	—	korgeineh
abessive	korgiettä	korgeittä

Possessive forms of korgie
1st person	korgieni
2nd person	korgieš
3rd person	korgieh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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