kveeni

Finnish

Etymology

From Kven kvääni; the e vowel is inspired by Norwegian kvensk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʋeːni/, [ˈkʋe̞ːni]
  • Rhymes: -eːni
  • Syllabification(key): kvee‧ni

Noun

kveeni

  1. Kven; a language spoken by a few thousand people in Northern Norway. It is a descendant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Norwegian.
  2. A Kven; a person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.

Declension
Inflection of kveeni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative kveeni kveenit
genitive kveenin kveenien
partitive kveeniä kveenejä
illative kveeniin kveeneihin
singular plural
nominative kveeni kveenit
accusative nom. kveeni kveenit
gen. kveenin
genitive kveenin kveenien
partitive kveeniä kveenejä
inessive kveenissä kveeneissä
elative kveenistä kveeneistä
illative kveeniin kveeneihin
adessive kveenillä kveeneillä
ablative kveeniltä kveeneiltä
allative kveenille kveeneille
essive kveeninä kveeneinä
translative kveeniksi kveeneiksi
instructive — kveenein
abessive kveenittä kveeneittä
comitative — kveeneineen
Possessive forms of kveeni (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person kveenini kveenimme
2nd person kveenisi kveeninne
3rd person kveeninsä

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