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kiittee

language: Livvi

part of speech: Verb

phonetic variants: kiittää (New written Livvic, Vidlitsa); kiitteä (New written Livvic, Vedlozero); kiittiä (New written Livvic, Nekkula); kiittie (New written Livvic, Kondushi, Syamozero)


1 meaning

  • Russian: хвалить
concept: to praise; to commend; to extol

translation

Veps: fal’da; hval’da; kitta; kittä

Ludian: kiitta; kiittada; kiittädä; kitta

Karelian Proper: kehuo; kiitteä; kiittie; kiittii; kiittiä; kiittyä; kiittää; kiittöä

dialects of usage: Tulmozero

Examples (1)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. Elostu rištikanzu sit kiittee, konzu roih kablukat lawčal, nenä pal’čal.
Хвали день к вечеру, а жизнь – при смерти (‘Человек хвалит жизнь тогда, когда каблуки будут на лавке, нос на полке’). (Sananparret)

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