-lain
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-lainen.
Suffix
-lain (genitive -lazõõ, partitive [please provide])
- 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
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
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