čikko

Karelian

Regional variants of čikko

North Karelian (Viena)	čikko
South Karelian (Tver)	čikko

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃikːo/
• Hyphenation: čik‧ko

Noun

čikko (genitive čikon, partitive čikkuo, diminutive čikkoni／čikkone)

1. sister

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of čikko (type 1/tyttö, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	čikko	čikot
genitive	čikon	čikkojen
partitive	čikkuo	čikkoja
illative	čikkoh	čikkoloih
inessive	čikošša	čikkoloissa
elative	čikošta	čikkoloista
adessive	čikolla	čikkoloilla
ablative	čikolta	čikkoloilta
translative	čikokši	čikkoloiksi
essive	čikkona	čikkoloina
comitative	—	čikkoloineh
abessive	čikotta	čikkoloitta

Tver Karelian declension of čikko (type 1/tyttö kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	čikko	čikot
genitive	čikon	čikkoloin
partitive	čikkuo	čikkoloida
illative	čikkoh	čikkoloih
inessive	čikošša	čikkoloissa
elative	čikošta	čikkoloista
adessive	čikolla	čikkoloilla
ablative	čikolda	čikkoloilda
translative	čikokši	čikkoloiksi
essive	čikkona	čikkoloina
comitative	čikonke	čikkoloinke
abessive	čikotta	čikkoloitta

Possessive forms of čikko
1st person	čikkoni
2nd person	čikkoš
3rd person	čikkoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “čikko”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “čikko”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN