nyköiskarjalaini

Karelian
Regional variants of nyköiskarjalaini
North Karelian
(Viena)		 nyköiskarjalaini
South Karelian
(Tver)		 —

Etymology

From Livvi nygöi (“now”) +‎ -is- +‎ karjalaini (“Karelian”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnʲykøi̯sˌkɑrjɑˌlɑi̯nʲi/
  • Hyphenation: ny‧köis‧kar‧ja‧lai‧ni

Noun

nyköiskarjalaini (genitive nyköiskarjalaisen, partitive nyköiskarjalaista)

  1. (North Karelian) a Karelian person who says nygöi instead of nyt (“now”), i.e. a speaker of Livvi or (non-Tver) South Karelian as opposed to a speaker of North Karelian.

Declension

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Possessive forms of nyköiskarjalaini
1st person nyköiskarjalaiseni
2nd person nyköiskarjalaiseš
3rd person nyköiskarjalaiseh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “nyköiskarjalaine”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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