kakši

Karelian

Regional variants of kakši

North Karelian (Viena)	kakši
South Karelian (Tver)	kakši

Karelian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : kakši     Ordinal : toini／toine

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kakci. Cognates include Finnish kaksi and Veps kaks'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑkʃi/
• Hyphenation: kak‧ši

Numeral

kakši

1. two

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of kakši (irregular, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kakši	kahet
genitive	kahen	kahtien
partitive	kahta	kahtija
illative	kahteh	kahtiloih
inessive	kahešša	kahtiloissa
elative	kahešta	kahtiloista
adessive	kahella	kahtiloilla
ablative	kahelta	kahtiloilta
translative	kahekši	kahtiloiksi
essive	kahtena	kahtiloina
comitative	—	kahtiloineh
abessive	kahetta	kahtiloitta

Tver Karelian declension of kakši (irregular, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kakši	kahet
genitive	kahen	kahtiloin
partitive	kahta	kahtiloida
illative	kahteh	kahtiloih
inessive	kahešša	kahtiloissa
elative	kahešta	kahtiloista
adessive	kahella	kahtiloilla
ablative	kahelda	kahtiloilda
translative	kahekši	kahtiloiksi
essive	kahtena	kahtiloina
comitative	kahenke	kahtiloinke
abessive	kahetta	kahtiloitta

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kakši”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “два”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN