pokko
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) | pokko |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) | bokko |
Etymology
From an endearing form of dialectal Russian боран (boran).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpokːo/
- Hyphenation: pok‧ko
Noun
pokko (genitive pokon, partitive pokkuo)
- (North Karelian) ram (male sheep)
Declension
| Viena Karelian declension of pokko (type 1/tyttö, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pokko | pokot | |
| genitive | pokon | pokkojen | |
| partitive | pokkuo | pokkoja | |
| illative | pokkoh | pokkoloih | |
| inessive | pokošša | pokkoloissa | |
| elative | pokošta | pokkoloista | |
| adessive | pokolla | pokkoloilla | |
| ablative | pokolta | pokkoloilta | |
| translative | pokokši | pokkoloiksi | |
| essive | pokkona | pokkoloina | |
| comitative | — | pokkoloineh | |
| comitative | pokotta | pokkoloitta | |
| Possessive forms of pokko | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | pokkoni | |
| 2nd person | pokkoš | |
| 3rd person | pokkoh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
Descendants
- → Finnish: pokko (dialectal)
References
- P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “баран”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN