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mitus

language: Livvi

part of speech: Pronoun

phonetic variants: mitys (Tulmozero)

Speaker
Michurova, Nadezhda V.
1985 year of birth
birth place: Olonets, Olonecky Destrict, Republic of Karelia

1 meaning

  • Russian: какой, каков
concept: what, which, what kind of

translation

Veps: mitne; mitte; mičče

Ludian: miidne; miituine; mimmoine; mitte

Karelian Proper: mimmoine; mimmoin’i; mimmone; mimmoni; mimmon’e; mimmon’i; mittynäne; mittäine; mitys; mityš; mit’t’unaane; mit’us; mit’utt; mytys’; mytyš

dialects of usage: Vidlitsa

Examples (88)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. Mittuon hirven hiihtit, moizel i tal’l’al magaat.
Каков работник, такова ему и плата (‘Какого лося загонишь, на такой и шкуре поспишь’). (Sananparret)
2. Mittuot hurmat (format), moizet i bul’kat.
Какова матка, таковы и детки (‘Каковы глазницы, таковы и глаза’). (Sananparret)
3. En tiijä mitus oli minun ezidied’oin died’oi. (Oma randu)
4. Lyhyösti häi saneli omis huolis, midä on ruattu vuozien menoh da mittuot pluanat on tulieh aigah. (Hirvas – tänne kävvä maksau)
5. Häi suutui, lähti Teroin taloih da sanoi Tol’ale mitus on dielo. (Ammundahine kukki)

All examples

wordforms (40)

mit|us (-tuon, -uttu; -tuzii)

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