Livvi

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Etymology

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

Akin to Finnish eestiläinen and Estonian eestlane.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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eestiläine

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

Adjective

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eestiläine

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

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

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  • 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