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vihel’ta

language: Veps

part of speech: Verb

pronunciation: viheĺta (Central Western Veps, Southern Veps)

phonetic variants: vihuuta (Central Western Veps); vihöuta (Central Eastern Veps); vihelta (Central Eastern Veps, New written Veps, Northern Veps)


1 meaning

  • Russian: свистеть
  • English: to whistle, to chirp (of a bird)
concept: to whistle

translation

Livvi: svistie; viheldee; viheldeä; viheldie; viheldiä; viheldää

Ludian: viheltta

Karelian Proper: svissie; svistyy; svistyä; viheldee; viheldiä; viheldyä; viheldää; viheldöä; viheltyä

dialects of usage: Central Western Veps, Southern Veps

Examples (2)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. Mamoi oti munaižen da zavodi ümbärta nitun, vihelta da virkta loičendan, pagišta tulleinke da päiväiženke. (Kut mö olim heinäntegol)
2. – Mamoi, kacu-ške, en tedand, miše sinä vihel’ta mahtad.
- Мама, смотри-ка, ты свистеть умеешь?! (Minun vepsläine oza. 8. Minun ezmäine armastuz)

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wordforms (45)

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