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Livvi
Etymology
From Suomi (“Finland”) + -laine. Cognates include Finnish suomalainen and Estonian soomlane.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuo̯meˌlɑi̯ne/
- Hyphenation: suo‧me‧lai‧ne
Noun
suomelaine (genitive suomelaizen, partitive suomelaistu)
- a Finn, either by ethnicity or nationality
- a Lutheran
- an Orthodox Christian Karelian living in Finland, a Karelian from Raja-Karjala
Adjective
suomelaine (genitive suomelaizen, partitive suomelaistu)
- Finnish
Synonyms
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
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 266
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “suomelaine”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN