kveeni
Finnish
Etymology
From Kven kvääni; the e vowel is inspired by Norwegian kvensk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʋeːni/, [ˈkʋe̞ːni]
- Rhymes: -eːni
- Syllabification(key): kvee‧ni
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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | kveenein | |
| abessive | kveenittä | kveeneittä | |
| comitative | — | kveeneineen | |
| Possessive forms of kveeni (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kveenini | kveenimme |
| 2nd person | kveenisi | kveeninne |
| 3rd person | kveeninsä | |
Synonyms
- kainu
- (language): kveenin kieli
- (language): kainun kieli
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for kveeni, fkv
Anagrams
- evenki, kiveen