vakahain

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vakahainën. Cognates include Finnish vakahainen and dialectal Estonian vagane.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑkɑhɑi̯ne/, [ˈʋɑkɑhəi̯n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑkɑhɑi̯n/, [ˈʋɑɡ̊ɑhɑi̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɑkɑhɑi̯n
• Hyphenation: va‧ka‧hain

Noun

vakahain

1. infant

Adjective

vakahain (not comparable)

1. having the characteristics of an infant

   vakahain laps ― infant (literally, “infant child”)

Declension

Declension of vakahain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vakahain	vakahaiset
genitive	vakahaisen	vakahaisiin
partitive	vakahaista, vakahaist	vakahaisia
illative	vakahaisee	vakahaisii
inessive	vakahaisees	vakahaisiis
elative	vakahaisest	vakahaisist
allative	vakahaiselle	vakahaisille
adessive	vakahaiseel	vakahaisiil
ablative	vakahaiselt	vakahaisilt
translative	vakahaiseks	vakahaisiks
essive	vakahaisenna, vakahaiseen	vakahaisinna, vakahaisiin
exessive1)	vakahaisent	vakahaisint
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

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 629