"ken" meaning in Karelian

See ken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈken/
Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *ken. Cognates include Finnish ken and Veps ken. Etymology templates: {{dercat|krl|urj-pro}}, {{inh|krl|urj-fin-pro|*ken}} Proto-Finnic *ken, {{cog|fi|ken}} Finnish ken, {{cog|vep|ken}} Veps ken Head templates: {{head|krl|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns|cat3=relative pronouns}} ken Inflection templates: {{krl-decl-table|ken|kenen|ketä|keneh|keššä|keštä|kellä|keltä|kekši|kenenä|-|kettä|ket|kenen|ketä|keneh|keššä|keštä|kellä|keltä|kekši|kenenä|keneneh|kettä|d=V}}, {{krl-decl-table|ken|kenen|kedä|keneh|keššä|keštä|kellä|keldä|kekši|kenenä|kenenke|kettä|ket|kenen|ketä|keneh|keššä|keštä|kellä|keldä|kekši|kenenä|kenenke|kettä|d=T}} Forms: irregular [table-tags], ken [nominative, singular], ket [nominative, plural], kenen [genitive, singular], kenen [genitive, plural], ketä [partitive, singular], ketä [partitive, plural], keneh [illative, singular], keneh [illative, plural], keššä [inessive, singular], keššä [inessive, plural], keštä [elative, singular], keštä [elative, plural], kellä [adessive, singular], kellä [adessive, plural], keltä [ablative, singular], keltä [ablative, plural], kekši [singular, translative], kekši [plural, translative], kenenä [essive, singular], kenenä [essive, plural], - [comitative, singular], keneneh [comitative, plural], kettä [abessive, singular], kettä [abessive, plural], irregular [table-tags], ken [nominative, singular], ket [nominative, plural], kenen [genitive, singular], kenen [genitive, plural], kedä [partitive, singular], ketä [partitive, plural], keneh [illative, singular], keneh [illative, plural], keššä [inessive, singular], keššä [inessive, plural], keštä [elative, singular], keštä [elative, plural], kellä [adessive, singular], kellä [adessive, plural], keldä [ablative, singular], keldä [ablative, plural], kekši [singular, translative], kekši [plural, translative], kenenä [essive, singular], kenenä [essive, plural], kenenke [comitative, singular], kenenke [comitative, plural], kettä [abessive, singular], kettä [abessive, plural]
  1. (interrogative) who? Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-ken-krl-pron-HYF20Xk1 Categories (other): Karelian entries with incorrect language header, Karelian interrogative pronouns, Karelian pronouns, Karelian relative pronouns Disambiguation of Karelian entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Karelian interrogative pronouns: 59 41 Disambiguation of Karelian pronouns: 51 49 Disambiguation of Karelian relative pronouns: 59 41
  2. (relative) whoever Tags: relative
    Sense id: en-ken-krl-pron-u11UAQoc Categories (other): Karelian pronouns Disambiguation of Karelian pronouns: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kennih, niken
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kennih"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "niken"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "krl",
        "2": "urj-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "krl",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*ken"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *ken",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "ken"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish ken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vep",
        "2": "ken"
      },
      "expansion": "Veps ken",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *ken. Cognates include Finnish ken and Veps ken.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "krl-decl-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ket",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ketä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ketä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keneh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keneh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keššä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keššä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keštä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keštä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keltä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keltä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kekši",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kekši",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenenä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenenä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keneneh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kettä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kettä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "krl-decl-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ket",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kedä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ketä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keneh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keneh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keššä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keššä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keštä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keštä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keldä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keldä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kekši",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kekši",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenenä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenenä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenenke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenenke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kettä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kettä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "krl",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "interrogative pronouns",
        "cat3": "relative pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "ken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ken"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ken",
        "10": "kenenä",
        "11": "-",
        "12": "kettä",
        "13": "ket",
        "14": "kenen",
        "15": "ketä",
        "16": "keneh",
        "17": "keššä",
        "18": "keštä",
        "19": "kellä",
        "2": "kenen",
        "20": "keltä",
        "21": "kekši",
        "22": "kenenä",
        "23": "keneneh",
        "24": "kettä",
        "3": "ketä",
        "4": "keneh",
        "5": "keššä",
        "6": "keštä",
        "7": "kellä",
        "8": "keltä",
        "9": "kekši",
        "d": "V"
      },
      "name": "krl-decl-table"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ken",
        "10": "kenenä",
        "11": "kenenke",
        "12": "kettä",
        "13": "ket",
        "14": "kenen",
        "15": "ketä",
        "16": "keneh",
        "17": "keššä",
        "18": "keštä",
        "19": "kellä",
        "2": "kenen",
        "20": "keldä",
        "21": "kekši",
        "22": "kenenä",
        "23": "kenenke",
        "24": "kettä",
        "3": "kedä",
        "4": "keneh",
        "5": "keššä",
        "6": "keštä",
        "7": "kellä",
        "8": "keldä",
        "9": "kekši",
        "d": "T"
      },
      "name": "krl-decl-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Karelian",
  "lang_code": "krl",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Karelian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Karelian interrogative pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Karelian pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Karelian relative pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who?"
      ],
      "id": "en-ken-krl-pron-HYF20Xk1",
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) who?"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Karelian pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whoever"
      ],
      "id": "en-ken-krl-pron-u11UAQoc",
      "links": [
        [
          "whoever",
          "whoever"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(relative) whoever"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈken/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ken"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Karelian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Karelian interrogative pronouns",
    "Karelian lemmas",
    "Karelian pronouns",
    "Karelian relative pronouns",
    "Karelian terms derived from Proto-Finnic",
    "Karelian terms derived from Proto-Uralic",
    "Karelian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic",
    "Pages with 38 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kennih"
    },
    {
      "word": "niken"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "krl",
        "2": "urj-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "krl",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*ken"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *ken",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "ken"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish ken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vep",
        "2": "ken"
      },
      "expansion": "Veps ken",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *ken. Cognates include Finnish ken and Veps ken.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "krl-decl-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ket",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ketä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ketä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keneh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keneh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keššä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keššä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keštä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keštä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keltä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keltä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kekši",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kekši",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenenä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenenä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keneneh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kettä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kettä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "krl-decl-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ket",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kedä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ketä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keneh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keneh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keššä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keššä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keštä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keštä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keldä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keldä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kekši",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kekši",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenenä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenenä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenenke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kenenke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kettä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kettä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "krl",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "interrogative pronouns",
        "cat3": "relative pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "ken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ken"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ken",
        "10": "kenenä",
        "11": "-",
        "12": "kettä",
        "13": "ket",
        "14": "kenen",
        "15": "ketä",
        "16": "keneh",
        "17": "keššä",
        "18": "keštä",
        "19": "kellä",
        "2": "kenen",
        "20": "keltä",
        "21": "kekši",
        "22": "kenenä",
        "23": "keneneh",
        "24": "kettä",
        "3": "ketä",
        "4": "keneh",
        "5": "keššä",
        "6": "keštä",
        "7": "kellä",
        "8": "keltä",
        "9": "kekši",
        "d": "V"
      },
      "name": "krl-decl-table"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ken",
        "10": "kenenä",
        "11": "kenenke",
        "12": "kettä",
        "13": "ket",
        "14": "kenen",
        "15": "ketä",
        "16": "keneh",
        "17": "keššä",
        "18": "keštä",
        "19": "kellä",
        "2": "kenen",
        "20": "keldä",
        "21": "kekši",
        "22": "kenenä",
        "23": "kenenke",
        "24": "kettä",
        "3": "kedä",
        "4": "keneh",
        "5": "keššä",
        "6": "keštä",
        "7": "kellä",
        "8": "keldä",
        "9": "kekši",
        "d": "T"
      },
      "name": "krl-decl-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Karelian",
  "lang_code": "krl",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "who?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) who?"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "whoever"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whoever",
          "whoever"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(relative) whoever"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈken/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ken"
}

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