leibä

See also: leiba

Karelian

Etymology

Regional variants of leibä

North Karelian (Viena)	leipä
South Karelian (Tver)	leibä

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *laipa. Cognate with Estonian leib, Finnish leipä, German Laib and Russian хлеб (xleb).

Noun

leibä (genitive leivän, partitive leibiä)

1. (South Karelian) bread