nʹaba

See also: naba

Livvi

Nʹaba (1).

Nʹaboi (3).

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *napa. Cognates include Finnish napa and Estonian naba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʲɑbɑ/
• Hyphenation: nʹa‧ba
• Rhymes: -ɑbɑ

Noun

nʹaba (genitive nʹavan, partitive nʹabua)

1. navel
2. pole
3. rhizome

Declension

Declension of nʹaba (Type 1/griba, b-v gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	nʹaba	nʹavat
genitive	nʹavan	nʹavoin
partitive	nʹabua	nʹaboi
illative	nʹabah	nʹaboih
inessive	nʹavas	nʹavois
elative	nʹavaspäi	nʹavoispäi
allative	nʹavale	nʹavoile
adessive	nʹaval	nʹavoil
ablative	nʹavalpäi	nʹavoilpäi
translative	nʹavakse	nʹavoikse
essive	nʹavannu	nʹavoinnu
abessive	nʹavattah	nʹavoittah
comitative	nʹavanke	nʹavoinke
instructive		nʹavoin
prolative	nʹavači

References

• Olga Žarinova (2012) Pagizemmo Karjalakse [Let's speak Karelian], St Petersburg, →ISBN, page 11
• Tatjana Boiko (2019) “nʹaba”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN