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uppota

dialectal

language: Veps

part of speech: Verb

phonetic variants: upota (New written Veps, Central Eastern Veps, Central Western Veps, Southern Veps); upta (Central Western Veps)


1 meaning

  • Russian: тонуть
concept: to sink; to drown

translation

Livvi: upota

Ludian: upota; upotta

Karelian Proper: upota

dialects of usage: Central Western Veps, Northern Veps

Examples (4)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. – Hän i uppois kana.
– Она и утонула, курица. (Sorz i kana)
2. Hän necä Vedehisen vonuk ice lükais edel uhtei ülähaks, i kons langeis, pool palicat upponis maha.
Он, этот внук Водяного, сначала бросил очень высоко, и когда она упала, половина палки ушла в землю. (Kolmen veljesen bohatunt)
3. Nece mužik ištub, upponu mužik.
А этот мужик сидит, утонувший мужик. (Kut mužik vedehižennopei papin vei)
4. Amu oli nece pap upponu neche järvhe.
Давно этот поп утонул в этом озере. (Kut mužik vedehižennopei papin vei)

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