ristikanzu

Livvi

Etymology

From ristie (“to christen”) +‎ kanzu (“people”), emerging from the Christian culture of the Livvi. Akin to Karelian ristikanža.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈristiˌkɑnzu/
• Hyphenation: ris‧ti‧kan‧zu

Noun

ristikanzu (genitive ristikanzan, partitive ristikanzua)

1. person

References

• N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎^[1] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 12
• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 239