eestiläine

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Livvi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Eesti (“Estonia”) +‎ -läine (“-ish, -ese, -ian”).

Akin to Finnish eestiläinen and Estonian eestlane.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːstʲiˌlʲæi̯nʲe/
  • Hyphenation: ees‧ti‧läi‧ne

Noun[edit]

eestiläine

  1. (rare) Estonian (inhabitant of Estonia)
    Synonym: estuonielaine
  2. (rare) Estonian (person of Estonian ethnicity)

Adjective[edit]

eestiläine

  1. (rare) Estonian (of or pertaining to the Estonian ethnicity)
  2. (rare) Estonian (of or pertaining to the Estonian language)

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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
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