-lain

== Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *-lainen. Cognates include Finnish -lainen and Estonian -lane. The sense "kind of" developed separately, ultimately from a combination of Old Swedish slagh +‎ -in, probably via Finnish -lainen. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /-lɑi̯ne/, [-ɫɑi̯n] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /-lɑi̯n/, [-ɫɑi̯n] === Suffix === -lain (front vowel variant -läin) Used to form ethnonyms from plural ethnonyms and names of locations. ‎ižorat (“Ingrians”) + ‎-lain → ‎ižoralain (“Ingrian”) Used to form nouns for people that are characterised by the suffixed noun. ‎api (“help”) + ‎-lain → ‎apilain (“helper”) Used to form adjectives indicating a smaller degree of a quality; kind of ‎yks (“one, same”) + ‎-lain → ‎yhenlain (“similar”) ==== Usage notes ==== In its oblique forms, this suffix always carries secondary stress in polysyllabic words. When used in the sense "kind of", the suffix not always follows vowel harmony: ‎min (“of what?”) (front vocalic) + ‎-lain → ‎millain, milläin (“what kind of?”) (front or back vocalic) Note that due to assimilation, the suffix may take the form -llain when following a word originally ending in -n: ‎kaiken (“all”) (genitive) + ‎-lain → ‎kaikellain (“all kinds of”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Arvo Laanest (1966), “Ижорский Язык”, in Финно-Угорские и Самодийские языки (Языки народов СССР), volume 3, Moscow: Наука, page 107 == Votic == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *-lainen. === Suffix === -lain Forms nouns with the meaning of "inhabitant", or agent nouns that have the characteristic of the noun that it is derived from viro (“Estonia”) → virolain (“an Estonian person”) õma (“own”) → õmalain (“relative, ally, one's own people”) ühsi (“one”) → ühsilain (“lonely person”) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ====