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verta

dialectal

language: Veps

part of speech: Verb


1 meaning

  • Russian: палить подсеку
  • English: to prepare the ground for plowing
concept: to burn the slash-and-burn plot

translation

Livvi: poltia; poltoa; poltua; vierdee; vierdeä; vierdää; viärdiä

Ludian: polttada; vierdada; vierdäi; viertta; viertä

Karelian Proper: poltaa; polttada; polttua; poltuu; vierdie; vierdiä; vierdyä; vierdöä

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

Examples (13)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. Kas’k-se ninga čaptud, a vertes muga panemei. (Eduu mad bedn’akoil vähä oli)
2. Vertes virzud tegiba, verta se tarbi ka mugomaha lämmoihe mäned. (Eduu mad bedn’akoil vähä oli)
3. Mäned, mecas palon čapad, verdad händast. (Püuvhan kazvatadihe)
4. Nece čaptud mec ahavoičese, verdad necen. (Püuvhan kazvatadihe)
5. Nene pud kuivetas, möst mänemei, kuidas ka verdamei, kirvhil’ karzimei. (Eduu mad bedn’akoil vähä oli)

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