altina

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See also: Altina, Alțina, altına, and åltina

Karelian

Regional variants of altina
North Karelian
(Viena)
South Karelian
(Tver)
altina

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian алтын (altyn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑltʲinɑ/
  • Hyphenation: al‧ti‧na

Noun

altina (genitive altinan, partitive altinua)

  1. altyn (three kopeks)

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of altina (type 4/kala no gradation)
singular plural
nominative altina altinat
genitive altinan altinoin
partitive altinua altinoida
illative altinah altinoih
inessive altinašša altinoissa
elative altinašta altinoista
adessive altinalla altinoilla
ablative altinalda altinoilda
translative altinakši altinoiksi
essive altinana altinoina
comitative altinanke altinoinke
abessive altinatta altinoitta
Possessive forms of altina
1st person altinani
2nd person altinaš
3rd person altinah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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