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šel’g

language: Karelian Proper

part of speech: Noun

pronunciation: šeĺg (Dyorzha)

phonetic variants: šelkä (New written karelian, Kestenga, Knyazhaya, Uhta, Voknavolok); šelgä (New written Tver, Myandyselga, Reboly, Tikhvin, Tolmachi, Tunguda, Valdai); selgä (Porosozero, Myandyselga, Rugozero, Padany, Vesyegonsk)


1 meaning

  • Russian: спина
  • English: back (of the body)
concept: back

translation

Veps: sel’g; süug

Livvi: selgy; selgö

Ludian: selge; sel’g; šel’g

dialects of usage: Dyorzha

Examples (1)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. šelg varž, muan’, varž. (Paimnell ruašk pit’k)

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wordforms (2)

šel’g

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