kekri
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kekri (from earlier *kekrä), borrowed from early Proto-Indo-Iranian *ḱekrám (later *čakrám). Distant doublet of chakra and kaula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkekri/, [ˈke̞kri]
- Rhymes: -ekri
- Syllabification(key): kek‧ri
Noun
kekri
- harvest festival (old Finnish feast celebrated between Michaelmas and Halloween, exact time depending on annual conditions)
Declension
| Inflection of kekri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kekri | kekrit | |
| genitive | kekrin | kekrien | |
| partitive | kekriä | kekrejä | |
| illative | kekriin | kekreihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kekri | kekrit | |
| accusative | nom. | kekri | kekrit |
| gen. | kekrin | ||
| genitive | kekrin | kekrien | |
| partitive | kekriä | kekrejä | |
| inessive | kekrissä | kekreissä | |
| elative | kekristä | kekreistä | |
| illative | kekriin | kekreihin | |
| adessive | kekrillä | kekreillä | |
| ablative | kekriltä | kekreiltä | |
| allative | kekrille | kekreille | |
| essive | kekrinä | kekreinä | |
| translative | kekriksi | kekreiksi | |
| instructive | — | kekrein | |
| abessive | kekrittä | kekreittä | |
| comitative | — | kekreineen | |
| Possessive forms of kekri (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kekrini | kekrimme |
| 2nd person | kekrisi | kekrinne |
| 3rd person | kekrinsä | |
Alternative forms
- Eastern Savonia: keyri/keuri
- Western Savonia and Southern Ostrobothnia: köyri
- Tavastia and Northern Ostrobothnia: köyry
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