Ingrian

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Etymology

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Cognate with Finnish kaltainen.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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kaltain

  1. -like; similar to

Declension

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Declension of kaltain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kaltain kaltaiset
genitive kaltaisen kaltaisiin
partitive kaltaista, kaltaist kaltaisia
illative kaltaisee kaltaisii
inessive kaltaisees kaltaisiis
elative kaltaisest kaltaisist
allative kaltaiselle kaltaisille
adessive kaltaiseel kaltaisiil
ablative kaltaiselt kaltaisilt
translative kaltaiseks kaltaisiks
essive kaltaisenna, kaltaiseen kaltaisinna, kaltaisiin
exessive1) kaltaisent kaltaisint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 129