poigu

Livvi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯ɡu/
  • Hyphenation: poi‧gu
  • Rhymes: -oi̯ɡu

Noun

poigu (genitive poijan, partitive poigua)

  1. boy
  2. son

Declension
Declension of poigu (Type 4/hukku, ig-ij gradation)
singular plural
nominative poigu poijat
genitive poijan poijiin
partitive poigua poigii
illative poigah poigiih
inessive poijas poijiis
elative poijaspäi poijiispäi
allative poijale poijiile
adessive poijal poijiil
ablative poijalpäi poijiilpäi
translative poijakse poijiikse
essive poijannu poijiinnu
abessive poijattah poijiittah
comitative poijanke poijiinke
instructive poijiin
prolative poijači

References
  • Tatjana Boiko (2019), “poigu”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
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