cinovnikka

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чиновник (činovnik).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃinoʋnikːɑ/, [ˈt͡ʃino̞ʋnĭkː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃinoʋnikːɑ/, [ˈt͡ʃino̞ʋˌnikːɑ]
• Rhymes: -inoʋnikː, -ikːɑ
• Hyphenation: ci‧nov‧nik‧ka

Noun

cinovnikka

1. official
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 119:

     Kunikkaan Vennäeel kuptsat ja cinovnikat hiisnoist rööstivät jälellejääneita ettäisiin äärimaijen kansoja.

     In the tsar's Russia, merchants and officials robbed the neglected peoples of far-away lands.

Declension

Declension of cinovnikka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	cinovnikka	cinovnikat
genitive	cinovnikan	cinovnikkoin
partitive	cinovnikkaa	cinovnikkoja
illative	cinovnikkaa	cinovnikkoi
inessive	cinovnikas	cinovnikois
elative	cinovnikast	cinovnikoist
allative	cinovnikalle	cinovnikoille
adessive	cinovnikal	cinovnikoil
ablative	cinovnikalt	cinovnikoilt
translative	cinovnikaks	cinovnikoiks
essive	cinovnikkanna, cinovnikkaan	cinovnikkoinna, cinovnikkoin
exessive1)	cinovnikkant	cinovnikkoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.