Kannanlakši

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Karelian

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

Etymology

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From kannan (of a heel) +‎ lakši (bay).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑnːɑnˌlɑkʃi/
  • Hyphenation: kan‧nan‧lak‧ši

Proper noun

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Kannanlakši (genitive Kannanlahen, partitive Kannanlahta)

  1. (North Karelian) Kandalaksha (a town in the Kandalakshsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia)
    • 1950, M. P. Lesonen, “Chapter 40.”, in V. Y. Evseeva, editor, Карельские эпические песни [Karelian epic songs]‎[1], page 96, lines 24-25:
      Šituo merenšivun, // Kannonlahta kaunistua;
      To forge the seaside, // To beautify Kandalaksha;

Declension

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Viena Karelian declension of Kannanlakši (irregular, t- gradation)
singular plural
nominative Kannanlakši
genitive Kannanlahen
partitive Kannanlahta
illative Kannanlahtih
inessive Kannanlahešša
elative Kannanlahešta
adessive Kannanlahella
ablative Kannanlahelta
translative Kannanlahekši
essive Kannanlahtina
comitative
abessive Kannanlahetta
Possessive forms of Kannanlakši
1st person Kannanlakšeni
2nd person Kannanlakšeš
3rd person Kannanlakšeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.