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Ingrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *keeli, from Proto-Uralic *käle. Cognates include Finnish kieli and Estonian keel.
Pronunciation
Noun
keeli
- tongue
- language
2021, Kati Kallio, Riho Grünthal, Lasi Saressalo, quoting Olga Filatova, Inkerikot, setot ja vatjalaiset (overall work in Finnish), →ISBN, page 40:Ennee sottaa mittää sitä vennään keeltä meil ei olt - kaik oli oman keeli!- Before the war we didn't have any Russian language - everything was our own language!
- string (of a musical instrument)
- tang (part of an instrument fastened to the handle)
Declension
| Declension of keeli (type 5/keeli, no gradation)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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keeli
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keelet
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| genitive
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keelen
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keeliin, keelilöin
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| partitive
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keeltä, keelt
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keeliä, keelilöjä
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| illative
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keelee
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keelii, keelilöihe
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| inessive
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keelees
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keeliis, keelilöis
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| elative
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keelest
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keelist, keelilöist
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| allative
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keelelle
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keelille, keelilöille
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| adessive
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keeleel
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keeliil, keelilöil
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| ablative
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keelelt
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keelilt, keelilöilt
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| translative
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keeleks
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keeliks, keelilöiks
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| essive
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keelennä, keeleen
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keelinnä, keelilöinnä, keeliin, keelilöin
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| exessive1)
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keelent
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keelint, keelilöint
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1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
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Derived terms
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 162