keltani

Karelian
Regional variants of keltani
North Karelian
(Viena)		 keltani
South Karelian
(Tver)		 keldane

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkeltɑnʲi/
  • Hyphenation: kel‧ta‧ni

Adjective

keltani (genitive keltašen, partitive keltaista)

  1. (North Karelian) yellow

Declension

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References
  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “keltani”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “keltaine”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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