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ectä

language: Veps

part of speech: Verb

pronunciation: ećt΄ä (Central Western Veps)

phonetic variants: ecta (New written Veps, Old written Veps); ec’ta (Northern Veps); ečtä (Central Eastern Veps, Central Western Veps); ečta (Southern Veps)


1 meaning

  • Russian: искать, обыскать, отыскивать, разыскивать
  • English: to look for; to search
concept: to search; to look for; to seek

translation

Livvi: eččie; eččiä

Ludian: ečta; eččida; eččidä

Karelian Proper: eččie; eččii; eččiä

dialects of usage: Central Western Veps

Examples (303)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. Tühjaišel veljel eräišt raadot eile, kut ectä vilu, kudam külmät’ hänen rugihen.
У бедного брата не было другой работы, кроме как искать мороз, который погубил его рожь. (Kaks veljet i vilu)
2. Kulin’, tatam ecib lampan: «Lamp kus om?» (Kut eduu mehele mändihe)
3. Min’a sanun: «Tata, miak lampan ecid'?» (Kut eduu mehele mändihe)
4. Mam jo voiki i rahvast kerazišoi ecmähä. (Mecas resttiba pajun)
5. Sügüzou kuukitad nälöniškoil’ hiinil’ kes’kes, a süvou eci kudosed.
Осенью удишь в водорослях, среди травы, а в глубоком месте ищи нерестилища. (Kut minä kalatan)

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wordforms (115)

ec|tä (-ib, -i, -kaha)

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