kunigas

See also: kuniĝas

Esperanto

Verb

kunigas

  1. present of kunigi

Ingrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kuningas. Cognates include Finnish kuningas and Estonian kuningas.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkuniɡɑs/, [ˈkuniɡəz̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkuniɡɑs/, [ˈkuniɡ̊ɑʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -uniɡɑs
  • Hyphenation: ku‧ni‧gas

Noun

kunigas

  1. king, tsar
    • 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:
      Oli enne kunigas, ja kunikaal oli kolt poikaa.
      Once upon a time, there was a king and the king had three sons.
      (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)
  2. (card games) king

Declension
Declension of kunigas (type 2/patsas, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative kunigas kunikaat
genitive kunikaan kunikain
partitive kunigasta, kunigast kunikaita, kunikaja
illative kunikaasse kunikaisse
inessive kunikaas kunikais
elative kunikaast kunikaist
allative kunikaalle kunikaille
adessive kunikaal kunikail
ablative kunikaalt kunikailt
translative kunikaaks kunikaiks
essive kunikaanna, kunikaan kunikainna, kunikain
exessive1) kunikaant kunikaint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 219

Lithuanian
Katalikų kunigas

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊ.nʲɪ.ɡɐs/

Noun

kùnigas m (plural kunigaĩ) stress pattern 3

  1. priest (male religious official trained to perform and lead rituals at a church or temple)
    katalìkų, anglikõnų, stačiãtikių kùnigas ― Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox priest

Declension
declension of kunigas
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) kùnigas kunigaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas) kùnigo kunigų̃
dative (naudininkas) kùnigui kunigáms
accusative (galininkas) kùnigą kùnigus
instrumental (įnagininkas) kùnigu kunigaĩs
locative (vietininkas) kunigè kuniguosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) kùnige kunigaĩ
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