kekri
Finnish
Etymology
Unknown; suggested to be related to kehrä in which case the word would be of Indo-European origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
kekri
- harvest festival (old Finnish feast celebrated between Michaelmas and Halloween, exact time depending on annual conditions)
Declension
Inflection of kekri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kekri | kekrit | |
genitive | kekrin | kekrien | |
partitive | kekriä | kekrejä | |
illative | kekriin | kekreihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kekri | kekrit | |
accusative | nom. | kekri | kekrit |
gen. | kekrin | ||
genitive | kekrin | kekrien | |
partitive | kekriä | kekrejä | |
inessive | kekrissä | kekreissä | |
elative | kekristä | kekreistä | |
illative | kekriin | kekreihin | |
adessive | kekrillä | kekreillä | |
ablative | kekriltä | kekreiltä | |
allative | kekrille | kekreille | |
essive | kekrinä | kekreinä | |
translative | kekriksi | kekreiksi | |
abessive | kekrittä | kekreittä | |
instructive | — | kekrein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Alternative forms
- Eastern Savonia: keyri/keuri
- Western Savonia and Southern Ostrobothnia: köyri
- Tavastia and Northern Ostrobothnia: köyry