kekri

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown; suggested to be related to kehrä in which case the word would be of Indo-European origin.

Noun

kekri

  1. harvest festival (old Finnish feast celebrated between Michaelmas and Halloween, exact time depending on annual conditions)

Declension

Inflection of kekri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative kekri kekrit
genitive kekrin kekrien
partitive kekriä kekrejä
illative kekriin kekreihin
singular plural
nominative kekri kekrit
accusative nom. kekri kekrit
gen. kekrin
genitive kekrin kekrien
partitive kekriä kekrejä
inessive kekrissä kekreissä
elative kekristä kekreistä
illative kekriin kekreihin
adessive kekrillä kekreillä
ablative kekriltä kekreiltä
allative kekrille kekreille
essive kekrinä kekreinä
translative kekriksi kekreiksi
instructive kekrein
abessive kekrittä kekreittä
comitative kekreineen

Alternative forms

  • Eastern Savonia: keyri/keuri
  • Western Savonia and Southern Ostrobothnia: köyri
  • Tavastia and Northern Ostrobothnia: köyry

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