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länket

language: Karelian Proper

part of speech: Noun

pronunciation: läηket (Kestenga, Knyazhaya, Uhta, Voknavolok)

phonetic variants: länget (New written Tver, Tolmachi, Myandyselga, Padany, Reboly, Rugozero, Tikhvin, Tunguda, Valdai, Vesyegonsk)


1 meaning

  • Russian: хомут
concept: horse collar

translation

Veps: läng; länged; länghed

Livvi: länget

Ludian: länged

dialects of usage: Kestenga, Knyazhaya, Uhta, Voknavolok

Examples (2)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. Mainitah šemmosie tapahukšie poikua vuottuas’s’a, jotta kuni naini kylyššä šynnytti, mieš pirtissä länket kaklašša, karvalakki piäššä ta kintahat kiäššä lat’t’asi: “Poikua, poikua!” (Karjalaisen liäke on kyly ta terva)
2. Šano vanha Väinämöini:
"Miksi tulit tuhmašta tiellä,
vaštahan varattomašti,
särit länket länkipuiset,
5 vešaseni vemmelpuune?"
Сказал старый Вяйнямёйни:
"Почему неосторожно (глупо) попался на дороге,
навстречу (ехал) без опасений,
поломал хомутом хомут,
5 прицепился дугой к дуге?" (Kilpalaulanta)

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