čiba

Karelian

Regional variants of čiba
North Karelian
(Viena)
South Karelian
(Tver)
čiba

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃibɑ/
  • Hyphenation: či‧ba

Noun

čiba (genitive čiban, partitive čibua)

  1. (South Karelian) goat
  2. (South Karelian) a type of sledge on which one stands

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of čiba (type 4/kala no gradation)
singular plural
nominative čiba čibat
genitive čiban čiboin
partitive čibua čiboida
illative čibah čiboih
inessive čibašša čiboissa
elative čibašta čiboista
adessive čiballa čiboilla
ablative čibalda čiboilda
translative čibakši čiboiksi
essive čibana čiboina
comitative čibanke čiboinke
abessive čibatta čiboitta
Possessive forms of čiba
1st person čibani
2nd person čibaš
3rd person čibah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

  • kosa (North Karelian), koza (South Karelian, dialectal)

References

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