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From Proto-Finnic *koira, from earlier *koj(e)ra, from Proto-Uralic *kojera (male animal) (whence also koiras (male animal)), derived from Proto-Uralic *koje (male, man),[1] in which case the word probably originally meant "male dog" specifically (and possibly displaced peni in the general sense of "dog").

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoi̯rɑ/, [ˈko̞i̯rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -oirɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): koi‧ra

koira

  1. dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
  2. Ellipsis of koiranuinti (dog paddle (swimming stroke)).
  3. (military slang) military police
  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “koira”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01
Koira.

From Proto-Finnic *koira (male dog). Cognates include Finnish koira and Estonian koer.

koira

  1. dog
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 57:

      Ƶucka ono koira.

      Žucka is a dog.
Declension of koira (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative koira koirat
genitive koiran koiriin
partitive koiraa koiria
illative koiraa koirii
inessive koiraas koiriis
elative koirast koirist
allative koiralle koirille
adessive koiraal koiriil
ablative koiralt koirilt
translative koiraks koiriks
essive koiranna, koiraan koirinna, koiriin
exessive1) koirant koirint
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.
  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “койва [sic]”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 59
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 183
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[4], →ISBN, page 72
Regional variants of koira
North Karelian
(Viena)
koira
South Karelian
(Tver)
koira

From Proto-Finnic *koira. Cognates include Finnish koira and Estonian koer.

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoi̯rɑ/
  • Hyphenation: koi‧ra

koira (genitive koiran, partitive koirua)

  1. dog
Viena Karelian declension of koira (type 5/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative koira koirat
genitive koiran koirien
partitive koirua koirie
illative koirah koirih
inessive koirašša koirissa
elative koirašta koirista
adessive koiralla koirilla
ablative koiralta koirilta
translative koirakši koiriksi
essive koirana koirina
comitative koirineh
abessive koiratta koiritta
Tver Karelian declension of koira (type 5/koira no gradation)
singular plural
nominative koira koirat
genitive koiran koirin
partitive koirua koirie
illative koirah koirih
inessive koirašša koirissa
elative koirašta koirista
adessive koiralla koirilla
ablative koiralda koirilda
translative koirakši koiriksi
essive koirana koirina
comitative koiranke koirinke
abessive koiratta koiritta
Possessive forms of koira
1st person koirani
2nd person koiraš
3rd person koirah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.
  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “koira”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “собака”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN