kotain
Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from maonkotain.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkotɑi̯ne/, [ˈko̞tɑi̯n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkotɑi̯n/, [ˈko̞tˑɑi̯n]
- Rhymes: -otɑi̯n
- Hyphenation: ko‧tain
Noun
[edit]kotain
- (rare) Short for maonkotain.
- 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28:
- Ku hää mukkoittaa itseen maonkottaisen päälle, kus ellää erikkokrapu, ni siis saap liikkua kottaisen kera.
- When it fits onto a shell, where the hermit crab lives, then it can move with the shell.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of kotain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kotain | kotaiset |
| genitive | kotaisen | kotaisiin |
| partitive | kotaista, kotaist | kotaisia |
| illative | kotaisee | kotaisii |
| inessive | kotaisees | kotaisiis |
| elative | kotaisest | kotaisist |
| allative | kotaiselle | kotaisille |
| adessive | kotaiseel | kotaisiil |
| ablative | kotaiselt | kotaisilt |
| translative | kotaiseks | kotaisiks |
| essive | kotaisenna, kotaiseen | kotaisinna, kotaisiin |
| exessive1) | kotaisent | kotaisint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||