kauga

Votic

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from kaugaa according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Votic or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kaugan. Compare Finnish kauan, Ingrian kavvan, Estonian kaua.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯ɡɑː/, [ˈkɑu̯ɡɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯ɡɑː
  • Hyphenation: kau‧ga

Adverb

kauga

  1. (for) a long time
  2. long ago
  3. (lative) far away

References

  • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “kaugaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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