nagru
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Votic nagru, from Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Cognates include Finnish nauru and Estonian naer.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈnɑɡru/
- Hyphenation: nag‧ru
Noun
nagru (genitive nagrun, partitive nagrua)
- laugh, laughter
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 58:
- Tiukku ja nagru väkevä, kunis oppia ei aleta.
- A game and a loud laugh, until they start to learn.
Declension
| Declension of nagru (type 4/koivu, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | nagru | nagrut |
| genitive | nagrun | nagruin, nagruloin |
| partitive | nagrua | nagruja, nagruloja |
| illative | nagruu | nagruihe, nagruloihe |
| inessive | nagruus | nagruis, nagrulois |
| elative | nagrust | nagruist, nagruloist |
| allative | nagrulle | nagruille, nagruloille |
| adessive | nagruul | nagruil, nagruloil |
| ablative | nagrult | nagruilt, nagruloilt |
| translative | nagruks | nagruiks, nagruloiks |
| essive | nagrunna nagruun | nagruinna, nagruloinna nagruin, nagruloin |
| exessive1) | nagrunt | nagruint, nagruloint |
| 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. | ||
Synonyms
- nagro (originally native)
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 333