Lemmas

Return to list | delete | edit

ženihha

language: Karelian Proper

part of speech: Noun

pronunciation: žeńihha (Tunguda)

phonetic variants: šenihhä (Uhta); ženihä (Rugozero, Valdai, Myandyselga)


1 meaning

  • Russian: жених
  • English: bridegroom
concept: bridegroom

translation

Veps: oluh; ženih

Livvi: koža; sulahaine; sulahane; sulhaine; sulhoi; ženihy; ženihö

Ludian: sulhaine; ženih

dialects of usage: Tunguda

Examples (2)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. žen’ihha …? (Kuin ennen šuoriuhuttih)
2. Briha siel’ä ku ollou znakomoi, kel’l’ä ženihha.
Девицы в санях сидят, песни поют, а парень за кучера, знакомый или жених чей-нибудь (из катаемых). (Ajeldii pyhälaskuna)

All examples

wordforms (2)

ženihha

The site was created by the staff of the Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
You can freely use the materials of our site and share them, most importantly - indicate authorship and a link to our resource.
More about the CC BY 4.0 license
© VepKar. Open corpus of Veps and Karelian languages