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Ingrian Etymology From izh urj-fin-pro *-lainen. Cognates include fi -lainen and et -lane. The sense "kind of" developed separately, ultimately from a combination of izh slagh gmq-osw -in similative, probably via fi -lainen. Pronunciation -lajne Suffix -läin Used to form ethnonyms from plural ethnonyms and names of locations. izh ižora ižorat Ingrians ižoralain Ingrian Used to form nouns for people that are characterised by the suffixed noun. izh api help apilain helper Used to form adjectives indicating a smaller degree of a quality; kind of izh yks one, same 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: izh mikä min of what? front vocalic 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: izh kaik kaiken all genitive kaikellain kaikellain all kinds of Declension Derived terms izh References 107 Votic Etymology From vot urj-fin-pro *-lainen. Suffix 1 Forms nouns with the meaning of "inhabitant", or agent nouns that have the characteristic of the noun that it is derived from vot viro Estonia → vot virolain an Estonian person vot õma own → vot õmalain relative, ally, one's own people vot ühsi one → vot ühsilain lonely person Inflection Derived terms vot