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tuohi

language: Karelian Proper

part of speech: Noun

phonetic variants: tuahi (New written Tver, Dyorzha, Tikhvin, Tolmachi, Tunguda)


1 meaning

  • Russian: береста
  • English: birchbark
concept: birchbark

translation

Veps: tohi; toh’

Livvi: tuahi; tuohe; tuohi

Ludian: tuohi; tuoh’

dialects of usage: Kestenga, Knyazhaya, Myandyselga, Padany, Reboly, Rugozero, Tikhvin, Tolmachi, Tunguda, Uhta, Valdai, Vesyegonsk, Voknavolok

Examples (85)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. Trubaksihan sidä sanottih enne, ku siitä myöhembih aigoih ruvettih tuohitorveksi sanomah.
Трубой ее называли раньше, а затем, в более поздние времена, стали берестяной трубой называть. (Tuohitorvi)
2. – Konsa tuohi lähti?
– Когда береста отходила? (Tuohitorvi)
3. Tuohi on nilalleh Juhannuksen kahta puolda.
Береста отделяется по обе стороны от Иванова дня. (Tuohitorvi)
4. Šyönnin jälkeh muamo kisko tuohta ta luati vielä kakši rovehta, ičelläh ta pojalla. (Hilluo keryämäššä)
5. Muamo tuaš kisko tuohta ta luati nellä rovehta. (Hilluo keryämäššä)

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wordforms (58)

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