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Re: Katina?
by Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk (Tovaryshka_Anya)
6/7/2025, 8:55 PM
in reply to a message by Wish Fish
Reminds me of Katinka, Ukrainian diminutive of Kateryna

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- Anneza   +1
6/8/2025, 4:02 AM
Katinka is sometimes used in South Africa, also as a nn for Katerina but sometimes, and preferably, as an independent name in its own right, by AFrikaans-speakers. The pronunciation is kahTINkah, TIN like the metal.
- Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk (Tovaryshka_Anya)
6/8/2025, 4:17 AM
In Ukrainian it is kah-TYEENY-kah, ny being like ny in my name Anya
If you know IPA it's /kɐˈtʲinʲ.kɐ/