jiägiä tervehekse

Livvi

Livvi phrasebook

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Etymology

Literally: "Stay healthy".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌjiæ̯ɡiæ̯ ˈtʲerʋeheksʲe/
• Hyphenation: jiä‧giä‧ter‧ve‧hek‧se

Interjection

jiägiä tervehekse (singular jiä tervehekse)

1. bye, goodbye

Usage notes

Used when addressing multiple people. When addressing one person, the term jiä tervehekse is used.

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 10
• Olga Žarinova (2012) Pagizemmo Karjalakse [Let's speak Karelian], St Petersburg, →ISBN, page 12
• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 81