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