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Finnish
Etymology
From kulta (“gold”) + -inen.
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Adjective
kultainen (comparative kultaisempi, superlative kultaisin)
- golden
- kultainen koru ~ kultakoru ― golden ornament
1776, KJV, transl., The Holy Bible, Jeremiah 51:7:Kultainen malja on Babel Herran kädessä, joka on koko maailman juovuttanut; pakanat ovat juoneet hänen viinastansa, sentähden ovat pakanat niin hulluiksi tulleet.- Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
1896, Juhani Aho, Lastuja III, Kaukana ja korkealla:Ja sinne me nyt kiidämme, kuulemme vain omien siipiemme havinan, ja viittoinamme ovat päivällä auringon kultainen kimmellys ulapan lainella ja yöllä tähdet ja hopeainen kuu.- And there we now race, we hear only the flutter of our wings, and our capes are in the day the golden glimmer of sun on the combers of the open sea and in the night the stars and the silvery moon.
- (figurative) sweet, dear
1972, “Lenin-setä asuu Venäjällä [Ông Lê Nin ở nước Nga, Uncle Lenin lives in Russia]”, in Matti Rossi, transl., Nguyễn Hồng Kiê (lyrics), Vietnamin linnut [Birds of Vietnam], performed by Meripioneerit:Lenin-setä asuu Venäjällä, / minä kutsun hänet kylään tänne Vietnamiin. / Hän rakastaa meitä, / ja meille hän on aivan yhtä kultainen kuin setä Ho Tši Minh- Uncle Lenin lives in Russia, / I invite him over to visit us here in Vietnam. / He loves us, / and to us he is just as dear as Uncle Ho-Chi-Minh
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