pehmendiä

Livvi

Etymology

From pehmei (“soft”) +‎ -ndiä. Akin to Finnish pehmentää.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpehmendʲiæ̯/
• Hyphenation: peh‧men‧diä

Verb

pehmendiä

1. (transitive) to soften
2. (phonology, transitive) to palatalise

Derived terms

(nouns):

• pehmendys

 

References

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