suomelaine

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Livvi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Suomi (“Finland”) +‎ -laine. Cognates include Finnish suomalainen and Estonian soomlane.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuo̯meˌlɑi̯ne/
  • Hyphenation: suo‧me‧lai‧ne

Noun[edit]

suomelaine (genitive suomelaizen, partitive suomelaistu)

  1. a Finn, either by ethnicity or nationality
  2. a Lutheran
  3. an Orthodox Christian Karelian living in Finland, a Karelian from Raja-Karjala

Adjective[edit]

suomelaine (genitive suomelaizen, partitive suomelaistu)

  1. Finnish

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎[1] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 12
  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 266
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “suomelaine”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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