-kalainen

See also: kalainen

Finnish

Etymology

-ka + -lainen

Suffix

-kalainen (front vowel harmony variant -käläinen, linguistic notation -kAlAinen)

  1. Forms some adjectives, primarily with a demonymic meaning, from monosyllabic stems.

Usage notes

Attaches to the oblique stem, hence the -i- in me meikäläinen, as me uses plural inflections.

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -kalainen
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