jiähä

Finnish

Verb

jiähä (dialectal)

1. Alternative form of jäädä

Karelian

Verb

jiähä

1. To stay.

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jäädäk. Cognates include Finnish jäädä and Estonian jääda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjiæ̯hæ/
• Hyphenation: jiä‧hä

Verb

jiähä

1. (intransitive) to stay
2. (intransitive) to lag behind
3. (intransitive, + allative) to lag (behind)

References

• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 81