Livvi

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Etymology

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From terveh (hello) +‎ -htie. Akin to Finnish tervehtiä.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈterʋehtie̯/
  • Hyphenation: ter‧veh‧tie

Verb

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tervehtie

  1. (transitive) to greet

References

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  • N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎[1] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 11
  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 286