melkeen

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Finnish

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Etymology

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A dialectal form of the instructive singular of melkeä. Compare melkein.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmelkeːn/, [ˈme̞lk̟e̞ːn]
  • Rhymes: -elkeːn
  • Syllabification(key): mel‧keen

Adverb

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melkeen

  1. (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of melkein.

Ingrian

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from, or alternatively akin to, Finnish melkein, melkeen.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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melkeen

  1. almost
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 16:
      Sentää, ku neet sanat saotaa melkeen yhel viisii i Soikkolaas i Laukaal []
      Because these words are pronounced in almost the same way in Soikkola and Ala-Laukaa []
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Jo melkeen kaik kasvot - puut, pehot ja heinät kukkivat, antoivat seemenet, a seemenist tulovaal vootta ilmahtuut uuvvet, nooret kasvot.
      Almost all plants - trees, shrubs and grasses blossomed, gave seeds, and next year from the seeds new, young plants will appear.
  2. approximately
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
      Mittaisivat mitälee plaanua mööt, reknaisiit ja sanoivat, etti linnaa saa ono neljä kilometraa i yli tunnin, melkeen, möö leenemmä kois.
      They measured something along the map, counted and said, that it's four kilometers to the city and in an hour, approximately, we would be home.

Synonyms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 304