kuninkas

Karelian

Regional variants of kuninkas
North Karelian
(Viena) 		kuninkas
South Karelian
(Tver) 		kuningas

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kuningas.

Noun

kuninkas (genitive kuninkahan, partitive kuninkasta)

  1. king
  2. emperor, tsar

References

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