keltani
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
keltani |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
keldane |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *këltainën. Cognates include Finnish keltainen and Estonian kollane.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeltɑnʲi/
- Hyphenation: kel‧ta‧ni
Adjective
keltani (genitive keltašen, partitive keltaista)
Declension
| Viena Karelian declension of keltani (type 15/naini, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | keltani | keltašet | |
| genitive | keltašen | keltašien | |
| partitive | keltaista | keltašie | |
| illative | keltašeh | keltaših | |
| inessive | keltašešša | keltašissa | |
| elative | keltašešta | keltašista | |
| adessive | keltašella | keltašilla | |
| ablative | keltašelta | keltašilta | |
| translative | keltašekši | keltašiksi | |
| essive | keltašena | keltašina | |
| comitative | — | keltašineh | |
| abessive | keltašetta | keltašitta | |
| Possessive forms of keltani | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | keltašeni | |
| 2nd person | keltašeš | |
| 3rd person | keltašeh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “keltani”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “keltaine”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN