kainaloinen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From kainalo -inen, from Kalevala.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kainaloinen (not comparable) (archaic)
- (of a woman) dear; chiefly used in the expression kainaloinen kana, which might be translated as consort or darling
- 1849, Elias Lönnrot, editor, Kalevala, Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, page 125:
- Enkä taia tullakana, / En tulla minä sinulle / Ikuiseksi ystäväksi, / Kainaloiseksi kanaksi, / Sun sian levittäjäksi, / Pään-alaisen laskiaksi.
- I don't think I'll come after all, / I'll not come to you / To be your eternal friend, / To be your consort, / To make your bed, / To prepare your pillow.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kainaloinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kainaloinen | kainaloiset | |
genitive | kainaloisen | kainaloisten kainaloisien | |
partitive | kainaloista | kainaloisia | |
illative | kainaloiseen | kainaloisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kainaloinen | kainaloiset | |
accusative | nom. | kainaloinen | kainaloiset |
gen. | kainaloisen | ||
genitive | kainaloisen | kainaloisten kainaloisien | |
partitive | kainaloista | kainaloisia | |
inessive | kainaloisessa | kainaloisissa | |
elative | kainaloisesta | kainaloisista | |
illative | kainaloiseen | kainaloisiin | |
adessive | kainaloisella | kainaloisilla | |
ablative | kainaloiselta | kainaloisilta | |
allative | kainaloiselle | kainaloisille | |
essive | kainaloisena | kainaloisina | |
translative | kainaloiseksi | kainaloisiksi | |
abessive | kainaloisetta | kainaloisitta | |
instructive | — | kainaloisin | |
comitative | — | kainaloisine |
Further reading
[edit]- “kainaloinen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02