suomelaine

Livvi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

suomelaine (genitive suomelaizen, partitive suomelaistu)

1. Finnish

Synonyms

• (Finn): ruočči (derogatory)
• (Lutheran): ruočči (derogatory)

References

• 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