keldane

Karelian

Regional variants of keldane

North Karelian (Viena)	keltani
South Karelian (Tver)	keldane

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *këltainën. Cognates include Finnish keltainen and Estonian kollane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeldɑnʲe/
• Hyphenation: kel‧da‧ne

Noun

keldane (genitive keldažen, partitive kellašta)

1. (South Karelian) egg yolk

Adjective

keldane (genitive keldažen, partitive kellašta)

1. (South Karelian) yellow

Declension

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References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “keldane”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “keltaine”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN