eestiläine

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Livvi

Etymology

From Eesti (“Estonia”) +‎ -läine (“-ish, -ese, -ian”).

Akin to Finnish eestiläinen and Estonian eestlane.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːstʲiˌlʲæi̯nʲe/
  • Hyphenation: ees‧ti‧läi‧ne

Noun

eestiläine

  1. (rare) Estonian (inhabitant of Estonia)
    Synonym: estuonielaine
  2. (rare) Estonian (person of Estonian ethnicity)

Adjective

eestiläine

  1. (rare) Estonian (of or pertaining to the Estonian ethnicity)
  2. (rare) Estonian (of or pertaining to the Estonian language)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎ (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 12
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