kangas

See also: Kangas and kängas

English

Noun

kangas

  1. plural of kanga

Anagrams

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋːɑs/, [ˈkɑŋːɑs̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋːɑs
  • Syllabification(key): kan‧gas

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kangas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (“warp?”).

Noun

kangas

  1. cloth, fabric or textile (woven fabric)
  2. material (cloth to be made into a garment)
Declension
Inflection of kangas (Kotus type 41*G/vieras, nk-ng gradation)
nominative kangas kankaat
genitive kankaan kankaiden
kankaitten
partitive kangasta kankaita
illative kankaaseen kankaisiin
singular plural
nominative kangas kankaat
accusative nom. kangas kankaat
gen. kankaan
genitive kankaan kankaiden
kankaitten
partitive kangasta kankaita
inessive kankaassa kankaissa
elative kankaasta kankaista
illative kankaaseen kankaisiin
kankaihinrare
adessive kankaalla kankailla
ablative kankaalta kankailta
allative kankaalle kankaille
essive kankaana kankaina
translative kankaaksi kankaiksi
instructive — kankain
abessive kankaatta kankaitta
comitative — kankaineen
Possessive forms of kangas (type vieras)
possessor singular plural
1st person kankaani kankaamme
2nd person kankaasi kankaanne
3rd person kankaansa
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *kangas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (“way, passage”) (compare German Gang), boreal forests being easily passable.

Noun

kangas

  1. A soil type: firm, moraine ground covered with a relatively thin layer of organic topsoil called podsol; also kangasmaa.
  2. A forest type growing on such soil, predominantly coniferous; boreal forest; also kangasmetsä.
Declension
Inflection of kangas (Kotus type 41*G/vieras, nk-ng gradation)
nominative kangas kankaat
genitive kankaan kankaiden
kankaitten
partitive kangasta kankaita
illative kankaaseen kankaisiin
singular plural
nominative kangas kankaat
accusative nom. kangas kankaat
gen. kankaan
genitive kankaan kankaiden
kankaitten
partitive kangasta kankaita
inessive kankaassa kankaissa
elative kankaasta kankaista
illative kankaaseen kankaisiin
kankaihinrare
adessive kankaalla kankailla
ablative kankaalta kankailta
allative kankaalle kankaille
essive kankaana kankaina
translative kankaaksi kankaiksi
instructive — kankain
abessive kankaatta kankaitta
comitative — kankaineen
Possessive forms of kangas (type vieras)
possessor singular plural
1st person kankaani kankaamme
2nd person kankaasi kankaanne
3rd person kankaansa
Derived terms

See also

Ingrian
Kangas (1).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡɑs/, [ˈkɑŋɡəz̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡɑs/, [ˈkɑŋɡ̊ɑʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋɡɑs
  • Hyphenation: kan‧gas

Noun

kangas

  1. fabric, cloth
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 44:
      Mamalle osti kangaste.
      He bought mum some fabric.
  2. a type of soil, consisting of moraine ground covered by podzol
  3. a type of forest growing on such soil

Declension
Declension of kangas (type 2/patsas, nk-ng gradation)
singular plural
nominative kangas kankaat
genitive kankaan kankain
partitive kangasta, kangast kankaita, kankaja
illative kankaasse kankaisse
inessive kankaas kankais
elative kankaast kankaist
allative kankaalle kankaille
adessive kankaal kankail
ablative kankaalt kankailt
translative kankaaks kankaiks
essive kankaanna, kankaan kankainna, kankain
exessive1) kankaant kankaint
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
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 133

Karelian

Noun

kangas

  1. fabric

Declension
Declension of kangas, ng-nk gradation
singular plural
nominative kangas kangahat
genitive kankahan kankahien
partitive kangasta kangahie
inessive kankahassa kankahissa
elative kankahasta kankahista
illative kankahah kankahih
adessive kankahalla kankahilla
ablative kankahalta kankahilta
essive kankahana kankahina
translative kankahaksi kankahiksi
abessive kankahatta kankahitta
instructive kankahin
comitative kankahineh
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