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meckana

language: Veps

part of speech: Noun


1 meaning

  • Russian: куропатка
  • English: partridge
concept: ptarmigan

translation

Livvi: meččokanaine; meččykana

Ludian: mecckana; meckana; mečkana; meččekana

Karelian Proper: mečkana; meččikana; meččkana; meččokana; meččäkana

dialects of usage: Central Eastern Veps, Central Western Veps, Northern Veps, Southern Veps

Examples (8)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. (Nencoiden sarn)

Eliba konz-se tundras variš, meckana da hir’. (Ken kürzid söškandeb?)
2. – Minӓ mugažo en voi, – sanub meckana. (Ken kürzid söškandeb?)
3. – Minӓ mugažo en tahtoi, – sanub meckana. (Ken kürzid söškandeb?)
4. – Lӓmoi tegeb minun sil’mӓd rusttoikš, kut meckanal. (Ken kürzid söškandeb?)
5. – Minӓ mugažo en voi, – sanub meckana. (Ken kürzid söškandeb?)

All examples

wordforms (45)

meckan|a (-an, -ad, -oid)

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