valeh

Karelian

Regional variants of valeh

North Karelian (Viena)	valeh
South Karelian (Tver)	valeh

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valëh. Cognates include Finnish valhe and Estonian vale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑleh/
• Hyphenation: va‧leh

Noun

valeh (genitive valehen, partitive valehta)

1. lie, untruth

Declension

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Synonyms

• (untruth): valehuš

Derived terms

• valehičča
• valehtua

 

References

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “valeh”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “valeh”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN