kagra

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Ingrian

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Kagraa.

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kakra, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hagrō. Cognates include Finnish kaura and Estonian kaer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kagra

  1. oat, oats
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 63:
      Linnuille höö siihe kagraa siputtiit.
      They sprinkled oats onto it for the birds.

Declension

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Declension of kagra (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kagra kagrat
genitive kagran kagroin
partitive kagraa kagroja
illative kagraa kagroi
inessive kagraas kagrois
elative kagrast kagroist
allative kagralle kagroille
adessive kagraal kagroil
ablative kagralt kagroilt
translative kagraks kagroiks
essive kagranna, kagraan kagroinna, kagroin
exessive1) kagrant kagroint
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.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “кагра”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи, Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ, page 693
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 59
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 131