kuninkas

Karelian
Regional variants of kuninkas
North Karelian
(Viena)		 kuninkas
South Karelian
(Tver)		 kuningas

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kuningas.

Noun

kuninkas (genitive kuninkahan, partitive kuninkasta)

  1. king
  2. emperor, tsar

References
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “kuninkas”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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