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 keldažen, partitive kellašta)

  1. (South Karelian) egg yolk

Adjective

keldane (genitive keldažen, partitive kellašta)

  1. (South Karelian) yellow

Declension

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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, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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