kveeni
Finnish
Etymology
From Kven kvääni; the e vowel is inspired by Norwegian kvensk.
Pronunciation
Noun
kveeni
- Kven; a language spoken by a few thousand people in Northern Norway. It is a descendant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Norwegian.
- A Kven; a person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.
Declension
Inflection of kveeni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kveeni | kveenit | |
genitive | kveenin | kveenien | |
partitive | kveeniä | kveenejä | |
illative | kveeniin | kveeneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kveeni | kveenit | |
accusative | nom. | kveeni | kveenit |
gen. | kveenin | ||
genitive | kveenin | kveenien | |
partitive | kveeniä | kveenejä | |
inessive | kveenissä | kveeneissä | |
elative | kveenistä | kveeneistä | |
illative | kveeniin | kveeneihin | |
adessive | kveenillä | kveeneillä | |
ablative | kveeniltä | kveeneiltä | |
allative | kveenille | kveeneille | |
essive | kveeninä | kveeneinä | |
translative | kveeniksi | kveeneiksi | |
abessive | kveenittä | kveeneittä | |
instructive | — | kveenein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for kveeni, fkv