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Ingrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From yks (“one”). Compare Finnish yksinään.
Pronunciation
Adverb
yksintää
- alone, by oneself
1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 32:Makkaa aina yksintää, siis et noise läsimää.- Always sleep alone, so you don't get ill.
1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 8:Vokalat voivat laatia slogan i yksintää, a konsonantat slogas ollaa vaa vokaloin kera.- Vowels can compose a syllable even by themselves, while consonants are only in a syllable with vowels.
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 690