Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

From kulta (gold) +‎ -in. Akin to Finnish kultainen and Karelian kultani.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

kultain

  1. golden (made of gold)
    • 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:
      Saaduus kasvoit kultaiset omenat.
      In the garden there grew golden apples.
      (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)

Declension edit

Declension of kultain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kultain kultaiset
genitive kultaisen kultaisiin
partitive kultaista, kultaist kultaisia
illative kultaisee kultaisii
inessive kultaisees kultaisiis
elative kultaisest kultaisist
allative kultaiselle kultaisille
adessive kultaiseel kultaisiil
ablative kultaiselt kultaisilt
translative kultaiseks kultaisiks
essive kultaisenna, kultaiseen kultaisinna, kultaisiin
exessive1) kultaisent kultaisint
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 edit

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 51

Votic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

kultõ +‎ -in

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkultɑi̯n/, [ˈkuɫtɑi̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ultɑi̯n
  • Hyphenation: kul‧tain

Adjective edit

kultain

  1. golden

Inflection edit

Declension of kultain (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kultain kultaizõd
genitive kultaizõ kultaizijõ, kultaizi
partitive kultaissõ kultaizita, kultaizi
illative kultaizõ, kultaizõõsõ kultaizisõ
inessive kultaizõz kultaiziz
elative kultaizõssõ kultaizissõ
allative kultaizõlõõ kultaizilõõ
adessive kultaizõllõ kultaizillõ
ablative kultaizõltõ kultaiziltõ
translative kultaizõssi kultaizissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References edit

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kultainõ”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn