Kannanlakši

Karelian

Regional variants of Kannanlakši
North Karelian
(Viena)
Kannanlakši
South Karelian
(Tver)
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Etymology

From kannan (“of a heel”) +‎ lakši (“bay”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑnːɑnˌlɑkʃi/
  • Hyphenation: kan‧nan‧lak‧ši

Proper noun

Kannanlakši (genitive Kannanlahen, partitive Kannanlahta)

  1. (North Karelian) Kandalaksha (a town in the Kandalakshsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia)
    • 1950, M. P. Lesonen, “Chapter 40.”, in V. Y. Evseeva, editor, Карельские эпические песни [Karelian epic songs]‎, page 96, lines 24-25:
      Šituo merenšivun, // Kannonlahta kaunistua;
      To forge the seaside, // To beautify Kandalaksha;

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of Kannanlakši (irregular, t- gradation)
singular plural
nominative Kannanlakši —
genitive Kannanlahen —
partitive Kannanlahta —
illative Kannanlahtih —
inessive Kannanlahešša —
elative Kannanlahešta —
adessive Kannanlahella —
ablative Kannanlahelta —
translative Kannanlahekši —
essive Kannanlahtina —
comitative — —
abessive Kannanlahetta —
Possessive forms of Kannanlakši
1st person Kannanlakšeni
2nd person Kannanlakšeš
3rd person Kannanlakšeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.
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