hirvihammas

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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Seemingly from earlier *irvihammas, reanalysed as hirvi (moose) +‎ hammas (tooth), perhaps a hypercorrection through Votic influence, or just because it sounded funny. Related to Finnish irvihammas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hirvihammas

  1. jokester

Declension

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Declension of hirvihammas (type 2/patsas, mp-mm gradation)
singular plural
nominative hirvihammas hirvihampaat
genitive hirvihampaan hirvihampain
partitive hirvihammasta, hirvihammast hirvihampaita, hirvihampaja
illative hirvihampaasse hirvihampaisse
inessive hirvihampaas hirvihampais
elative hirvihampaast hirvihampaist
allative hirvihampaalle hirvihampaille
adessive hirvihampaal hirvihampail
ablative hirvihampaalt hirvihampailt
translative hirvihampaaks hirvihampaiks
essive hirvihampaanna, hirvihampaan hirvihampainna, hirvihampain
exessive1) hirvihampaant hirvihampaint
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.

Synonyms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 94