poiga

Karelian

Regional variants of poiga
North Karelian
(Viena)
poika
South Karelian
(Tver)
poiga

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *poika. Cognates include Finnish poika and Estonian poeg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯ɡɑ/
  • Hyphenation: poi‧ga

Noun

poiga (genitive poijan, partitive poigua)

  1. (South Karelian) son
  2. (South Karelian) boy, lad
  3. (South Karelian) young (of an animal)

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of poiga (type 5/koira, ig-ij gradation)
singular plural
nominative poiga poijat
genitive poijan poigien
partitive poigua poigie
illative poigah poigih
inessive poijašša poijissa
elative poijašta poijista
adessive poijalla poijilla
ablative poijalta poijilta
translative poijakši poijiksi
essive poigana poigina
comitative poijineh
abessive poijatta poijitta
Possessive forms of poiga
1st person poigani
2nd person poigaš
3rd person poigah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “poiga”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
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