karjalaini

Karelian

Regional variants of karjalaini

North Karelian (Viena)	karjalaini
South Karelian (Tver)	karielane

Etymology

From karjala (“Karelian”) +‎ -laini. Akin to Finnish karjalainen and Ingrian karjalain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrjɑˌlɑi̯nʲi/
• Hyphenation: kar‧ja‧lai‧ni

Noun

karjalaini (genitive karjalaisen, partitive karjalaista)

1. Karelian (person)

Adjective

karjalaini (genitive karjalaisen, partitive karjalaista)

1. Karelian

Declension

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Possessive forms of karjalaini
1st person	karjalaiseni
2nd person	karjalaiseš
3rd person	karjalaiseh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

• nyköiskarjalaini

 

References

• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “карел”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN