vaimala
Karelian edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Finnish vaiva. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
vaimala (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- bother, inconvenience, pain, distress.
- Tuli tuska nielijällä, / Vaimala vajottajalla. ― Pain came to the swallower / distress to the submerged one.