istuo

Karelian

Regional variants of istuo
North Karelian
(Viena)
istuo
South Karelian
(Tver)
istuo

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *istudak. Cognates include Finnish istua and Estonian istuda.

The sense "to be imprisoned" is a semantic loan from Russian сидеть (sidetʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈistuo̯/
  • Hyphenation: is‧tuo

Verb

istuo (first person singular issun, third person singular istuu)

  1. (intransitive) to sit
  2. (intransitive) to do time (be imprisoned)

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “istuo”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 38
  • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “istuo”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *istudak. Cognates include Finnish istua and Estonian istuda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈistuo̯/
  • Hyphenation: is‧tuo

Verb

istuo

  1. (intransitive) to sit
  2. (intransitive) to go bad

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • N. Gilojeva; S. Rudakova (2009), Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎[2] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 3
  • Tatjana Boiko (2019), Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 78