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pistta

language: Veps

part of speech: Verb

phonetic variants: pisttä (Central Western Veps)


1 meaning

  • Russian: свистеть
  • English: to whistle, to chirp (of a bird)
concept: to whistle

translation

Livvi: svistie; viheldee; viheldeä; viheldie; viheldiä; viheldää

Ludian: viheltta

Karelian Proper: svissie; svistyy; svistyä; viheldee; viheldiä; viheldyä; viheldää; viheldöä; viheltyä

dialects of usage: Central Eastern Veps, Northern Veps

Examples (1)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. Alhaks ez’mä panobad kived, а sid’ kivele pis’t’ab pachan, sleg’an alle i pidäb päčin’ ani vahvas.

Вниз сначала кладут камни, а на камни под слегу ставят столб и держит [столб] очень крепко. (Kut päčid’ panoobad)

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wordforms (115)

pist|ta (-ab, -i, -kaha)

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