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suo

language: Karelian Proper

part of speech: Noun

phonetic variants: šuo (New written karelian, New written Tver, Padany, Kestenga, Knyazhaya, Reboly, Rugozero, Tikhvin, Tolmachi, Tunguda, Uhta, Valdai, Vesyegonsk, Voknavolok); sua (Dyorzha)


1 meaning

  • Russian: болото
  • English: bog, swamp, marsh, quagmire, mire
concept: bog

translation

Veps: so

Livvi: suo

Ludian: suo

dialects of usage: Myandyselga

Examples (1)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. Hyö pais’s’ah: vi̮asa, suola, suo; suossa n’iit’ämmä.

Там (‘они’) говорят: viasa ‘квас’, suola ‘соль’, suo ‘болото’, suossa n’iit’ämmä ‘на болоте (в болоте) косим’. (Pakšukiel’el’l’iz’et)

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