smeja

Karelian

Regional variants of smeja

North Karelian (Viena)	smeja
South Karelian (Tver)	zmeja

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian змея (zmeja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmejɑ/
• Hyphenation: sme‧ja

Noun

smeja (genitive smejan, partitive smejua)

1. (North Karelian, dialectal) Synonym of kiärmis (“snake”)

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of smeja (type 4/kala, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	smeja	smejat
genitive	smejan	smejojen
partitive	smejua	smejoja
illative	smejah	smejoih
inessive	smejašša	smejoissa
elative	smejašta	smejoista
adessive	smejalla	smejoilla
ablative	smejalta	smejoilta
translative	smejakši	smejoiksi
essive	smejana	smejoina
comitative	—	smejoineh
abessive	smejatta	smejoitta

Possessive forms of smeja
1st person	smejani
2nd person	smejaš
3rd person	smejah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “smeja”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN