meččo

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See also: mecco

Karelian[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *meccoi. Cognates include Finnish metso.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmet͡ʃːo/
  • Hyphenation: meč‧čo

Noun[edit]

meččo (genitive mečon, partitive meččuo)

  1. capercaillie

Declension[edit]

Viena Karelian declension of meččo (type 1/tyttö, čč-č gradation)
singular plural
nominative meččo mečot
genitive mečon meččojen
partitive meččuo meččoja
illative meččoh meččoloih
inessive mečošša meččoloissa
elative mečošta meččoloista
adessive mečolla meččoloilla
ablative mečolta meččoloilta
translative mečokši meččoloiksi
essive meččona meččoloina
comitative meččoloineh
abessive mečotta meččoloitta
Tver Karelian declension of meččo (type 1/tyttö čč-č gradation)
singular plural
nominative meččo mečot
genitive mečon meččoloin
partitive meččuo meččoloida
illative meččoh meččoloih
inessive mečošša meččoloissa
elative mečošta meččoloista
adessive mečolla meččoloilla
ablative mečolda meččoloilda
translative mečokši meččoloiksi
essive meččona meččoloina
comitative mečonke meččoloinke
abessive mečotta meččoloitta
Possessive forms of meččo
1st person meččoni
2nd person meččoš
3rd person meččoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References[edit]

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “meččo”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “глухарь”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN