kaivua

Karelian

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kaivadak. Cognates include Finnish kaivaa and Veps kaida.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑi̯ʋuɑ̯/
  • Hyphenation: kai‧vua

Verb

kaivua (first person singular kaivan, third person singular kaivau)

  1. (transitive) to dig up
  2. (transitive) to gouge
  3. (intransitive) to dig

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “kaivua”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “kaivua”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 45
  • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “kaivoa”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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