Karelian

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Regional variants of muakondie
North Karelian
(Viena)
South Karelian
(Tver)
muakondie

Etymology

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From mua (earth) +‎ kondie (bear).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmuɑ̯ˌkondie̯/
  • Hyphenation: mua‧kon‧die

Noun

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muakondie (genitive muankondien, partitive muakondieda)

  1. (South Karelian) mole

Declension

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Tver Karelian declension of muakondie (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative muakondie muakondiet
genitive muakondien muakondein
partitive muakondieda muakondeida
illative muakondieh muakondeih
inessive muakondiešša muakondeissa
elative muakondiešta muakondeista
adessive muakondiella muakondeilla
ablative muakondielda muakondeilda
translative muakondiekši muakondeiksi
essive muakondiena muakondeina
comitative muakondienke muakondeinke
abessive muakondietta muakondeitta
Possessive forms of muakondie
1st person muakondieni
2nd person muakondieš
3rd person muakondieh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

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References

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