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vehnä

language: Karelian Proper

part of speech: Noun

pronunciation: vehnä (Kestenga, Knyazhaya, Reboly, Rugozero, Tunguda, Uhta, Valdai, Voknavolok), vehńä (Myandyselga, Padany, Tikhvin, Tolmachi, Vesyegonsk)

phonetic variants: vehn’ (Dyorzha)


1 meaning

  • Russian: пшеница
  • English: wheat
concept: wheat

translation

Veps: nižu

Livvi: nižo; nižu

Ludian: nižu; nižuine

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

Examples (16)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. A vehnä? (Puiččima briwžoilla)
2. Kül’vet’t’ih, kül’vet’t’ih vehn’iä. (Puiččima briwžoilla)
3. Puiččima vehn’ie... (Puiččima briwžoilla)
4. kül’vim vähän, müö kois’s’ vähän kül’vimä vehn’iä. (Puiččima briwžoilla)
5. Nu tože puičimma, tallawtti̮a, heboz’et šitutaa n’i, puiččima vehn’ät. (Puiččima briwžoilla)

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wordforms (30)

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