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kestiä

language: Karelian Proper

part of speech: Verb

phonetic variants: keštää (Rugozero); kestua (Myandyselga); keštyä (New written karelian, Kestenga, Knyazhaya, Myandyselga, Uhta, Voknavolok)


1 meaning

  • Russian: терпеть
concept: to endure; to tolerate; to bear

translation

Veps: terpta; tirpta

Livvi: kesteä; kärzie; kärziä; tirpaa; tirpia; tirpoa; tirpua

Ludian: kestada; kestta; kestädä; tirppada; tirppai; tirpta

dialects of usage: Padany, Reboly

Examples (1)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. Akka istuoči ukolla šel’gäh, da ei šuanun hänel’l’ä keštiä – alah i kačahti.
Старуха села старику на спину, да она не смогла выдержать – вниз и посмотрела. (El’et’t’ih ukko da akka)

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