keldane

Karelian

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeldɑnʲe/
  • Hyphenation: kel‧da‧ne

Noun

keldane (genitive keldazen, partitive kellasʹtʹa)

  1. (South Karelian) egg yolk

Adjective

keldane (genitive keldazen, partitive kellasʹtʹa, comparative keldazembi, superlative keldazin)

  1. (South Karelian) yellow

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of keldane (type 15/naine, ld-ll gradation)
singular plural
nominative keldane keldazet
genitive keldazen keldazien
partitive kellasʹtʹa keldazie
illative keldazeh keldazih
inessive keldazešša keldazissa
elative keldazešta keldazista
adessive keldazella keldazilla
ablative keldaizelda keldazilda
translative keldazekši keldaziksi
essive keldazena keldazina
comitative keldazenke keldazinke
abessive keldazetta keldazitta
prolative keldazečči keldazičči
instructive — keldazin
Possessive forms of keldane
1st person keldaženi
2nd person keldažeš
3rd person keldažeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “keldane”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “keltaine”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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