ižä
Karelian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ižä (genitive ižän, partitive ižiä)
- (South Karelian, dialectal) Alternative form of izä
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Livvi edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *icä.
Noun edit
ižä
- father
- God the Father
- male (of an animal)
Usage notes edit
- At least in Siämärvi, toatto refers to one's own father, while izä or ižä refers to other people's fathers.
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms edit
- (father): tuatto
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Ulch edit
Noun edit
ižä
References edit
- Alonso de la Fuente, José Andrés (2010-2011) “Written Manchu uju 'head'”, in Internationale Zeitschrift für uralische und altaische Forschung [International Journal of Uralic and Altaic Studies][3], volume 24 (PDF), Societas Altaica, pages 204–226