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mecamez’

language: Veps

part of speech: Noun

pronunciation: mecameź (Southern Veps)


1 meaning

  • Russian: леший, лесовик
  • English: wood-spirit; goblin
concept: forest spirit; Slavic forest guardian

translation

Livvi: karo; karu; lemboi; mečänižändy

Ludian: lešuoi; mecchiine; mečäneläi

Karelian Proper: hiisi; lešii; lešuoi; lieššoi; mečanizändä; mečäseläjä; meččehini; meččiizänd; meččäeläjä; meččähine; meččähini; meččö; praka; čortta; šiškone

dialects of usage: Southern Veps

Examples (5)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. – Mecamehed oliba ende? (Enččid’ primetoid’)
2. Rahvaz sanutas, miše nene mecamehed näguse ozavale da ozatomale, a min’a olin keskristit, en ozatoi, en ozakaz. (Enččid’ primetoid’)
3. A mä kaluu-se otin’ i stuknin’ mechašt vast i basin: «Kunak te, mecamehed skokitaa-se?».
Я взял и стукнул палкой-то о дерево и говорю: «Куда вы, черти, скачете-то?». (Kondikulu razihe minum päle)
4. A kel om taht, miše mecamez’ vedäiži händast pimedaha karzinaha! (Segoinuded lindud. 1 PALA. 1-3. lugu)
5. Anni-raukoi, kündled – sil’miš:
mecamehen kutak voiž
akan tehtas? (Virantanaz. 09. Annin starin)

All examples

wordforms (45)

mecame|z’ (-hen, -st, -hid)

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