nyköiskarjalaini

Karelian

Regional variants of nyköiskarjalaini

North Karelian (Viena)	nyköiskarjalaini
South Karelian (Tver)	—

Etymology

From Livvi nygöi (“now”) +‎ -is- +‎ karjalaini (“Karelian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʲykøi̯sˌkɑrjɑˌlɑi̯nʲi/
• Hyphenation: ny‧köis‧kar‧ja‧lai‧ni

Noun

nyköiskarjalaini (genitive nyköiskarjalaisen, partitive nyköiskarjalaista)

1. (North Karelian) a Karelian person who says nygöi instead of nyt (“now”), i.e. a speaker of Livvi or (non-Tver) South Karelian as opposed to a speaker of North Karelian.

Declension

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Possessive forms of nyköiskarjalaini
1st person	nyköiskarjalaiseni
2nd person	nyköiskarjalaiseš
3rd person	nyköiskarjalaiseh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “nyköiskarjalaine”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN