vanhembi
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) | vanhempi |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) | vanhembi |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑnhembi/
- Hyphenation: van‧hem‧bi
Noun
vanhembi (genitive vanhemman, partitive vanhembua)
- (South Karelian) parent
Adjective
vanhembi (genitive vanhemman, partitive vanhembua)
- (South Karelian) comparative degree of vanha
Declension
| Tver Karelian declension of vanhembi (type 7/vanhembi, mb-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vanhembi | vanhemmat | |
| genitive | vanhemman | vanhembien | |
| partitive | vanhembua | vanhembie | |
| illative | vanhembah | vanhembih | |
| inessive | vanhemmašša | vanhemmissa | |
| elative | vanhemmašta | vanhemmista | |
| adessive | vanhemmalda | vanhemmilla | |
| ablative | vanhemmalta | vanhemmilda | |
| translative | vanhemmakši | vanhemmiksi | |
| essive | vanhembana | vanhembina | |
| comitative | vanhemmanke | vanhemminke | |
| comitative | vanhemmatta | vanhemmitta | |
| Possessive forms of vanhembi | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | vanhembini | |
| 2nd person | vanhembis | |
| 3rd person | vanhembih | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994), “vanhembi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN