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vestää

language: Livvi

part of speech: Verb

phonetic variants: vestee (Tulmozero); vesteä (Vedlozero); vestiä (New written Livvic, Kondushi, Nekkula, Syamozero)


1 meaning

  • Russian: тесать
concept: to hew; to adze

translation

Veps: vestta; vöstta

Ludian: vestada; vestädä

Karelian Proper: vestie; vestiä; vestyä; vestуу; veštii; veštiä; veštyä; veštää; veštöä

dialects of usage: Vidlitsa

Examples (1)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. Kirvehel vestiimmö, pilal pilaimmo, ai gu sangei se oli.
Топором тесали, пилой пилили, до чего же толстое оно было. (Kävyimmö meččäh kuustu ottamah)

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