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tain

dialectal

language: Veps

part of speech: Noun

phonetic variants: tein (Central Eastern Veps, Central Western Veps)


1 meaning

  • Russian: веретено; полное пряжи
  • English: spindle with the yarn

translation

Livvi: tainu; värtin

Ludian: tain; taine; täin

Karelian Proper: taina; värtinä; värttin; värttinä

dialects of usage: Central Western Veps, Northern Veps, Southern Veps

Examples (2)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. Nu da kudai sigä užinoitas kümne mest, min'a jo tainan kezerdan. (Enččiš praznikoiš)
2. Kezertas pöühän, potom viht’akoile bipšimai tainan.
Спрядут лен, потом намотают в мотки. (Miiden der’oun Kerčak)

wordforms (3)

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