harmua
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
harmua |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
harmua |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *harmaga. Cognates include Finnish harmaa and Ingrian harmaa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑrmuɑ̯/
- Hyphenation: har‧mua
Adjective
harmua (genitive harmuan, partitive harmuata / harmuada)
Declension
| Viena Karelian declension of harmua (type 6/pimie, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | harmua | harmuat | |
| genitive | harmuan | harmaijen | |
| partitive | harmuata | harmaita | |
| illative | harmuah | harmaih | |
| inessive | harmuašša | harmaissa | |
| elative | harmuašta | harmaista | |
| adessive | harmualla | harmailla | |
| ablative | harmualta | harmailta | |
| translative | harmuakši | harmaiksi | |
| essive | harmuana | harmaina | |
| comitative | — | harmaineh | |
| abessive | harmuatta | harmaitta | |
| Tver Karelian declension of harmua (type 6/pimie, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | harmua | harmuat | |
| genitive | harmuan | harmain | |
| partitive | harmuada | harmaida | |
| illative | harmuah | harmaih | |
| inessive | harmuašša | harmaissa | |
| elative | harmuašta | harmaista | |
| adessive | harmualla | harmailla | |
| ablative | harmualda | harmailda | |
| translative | harmuakši | harmaiksi | |
| essive | harmuana | harmaina | |
| comitative | harmuanke | harmainke | |
| abessive | harmuatta | harmaitta | |
| Possessive forms of harmua | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | harmuani | |
| 2nd person | harmuaš | |
| 3rd person | harmuah | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994) “harmua”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
- P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “harmua”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “harmoa”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN