kuibo

Livvi

Etymology

From kui (“how?”) +‎ -bo (“indeed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯bo/
• Hyphenation: kui‧bo

Adverb

kuibo

1. Emphatic form of kui; how?

   Kuibo hänen nimi on? ― What is his name? (literally, “How is his name?”)

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
• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 124