keldane

Karelian

Regional variants of keldane
North Karelian
(Viena) 		keltani
South Karelian
(Tver) 		keldane

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *këltainën. Cognates include Finnish keltainen and Estonian kollane.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeldɑnʲe/
  • Hyphenation: kel‧da‧ne

Noun

keldane (genitive keldažen, partitive kellašta)

  1. (South Karelian) egg yolk

Adjective

keldane (genitive keldažen, partitive kellašta, comparative keldažembi, superlative keldažin)

  1. (South Karelian) yellow

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of keldane (type 15/naine, ld-ll gradation)
singular plural
nominative keldane keldažet
genitive keldažen keldažien
partitive kellašta keldažie
illative keldažeh keldažih
inessive keldažešša keldažissa
elative keldažešta keldažista
adessive keldažella keldažilla
ablative keldaželda keldažilda
translative keldažekši keldažiksi
essive keldažena keldažina
comitative keldaženke keldažinke
abessive keldažetta keldažitta
Possessive forms of keldane
1st person keldaženi
2nd person keldažeš
3rd person keldažeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “keldane”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “keltaine”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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