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Ingrian
Etymology 1
From koivu (“birch”) + -in. Akin to Finnish koivuinen.
Pronunciation
Noun
koivuin
- diminutive of koivu: little birch
1915, Oskar Groundstroem, anonymous quotee, “528. Soikkola, Säätinä, 228a”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot, volume III1, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 7-8:Hopea petäjälatvan, // Näin mie koivusen korean,- A silver pine treetop, // I saw a beautiful little birch,
Adjective
koivuin (comparative koivuisemp)
- birchen
1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 55:Kaks koivuist hepoist lunta mööt livvuttaat.- They slide two birchen horses along the snow.
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
koivuin
- genitive plural of koivu
- Alternative spelling of koivuinna
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 185