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-töin

suffix

LanguageKarelian

Meaning
  1. Front vowel variant of -toin
  2. suffix meaning without
  3. This suffix is added to words to indicate that someone or something lacks the quality of the root word.
Examples

pereh (“family”) + -töin → perehitöin (“having no family, spouseless”)

pereh (family) + -töin -> perehitöin (having no family, spouseless)

Part of speechsuffix

Usage noteThis is a front vowel variant used when the base word requires it due to vowel harmony.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 7 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.