veittsi

Kukkuzi

Etymology

From Votic, from Proto-Finnic *väicci.

Noun

veittsi

1. knife
   • 1980, Lauri Posti, “veittsi”, in Seppo Suhonen, editor, Vatjan kielen Kukkosin murteen sanakirja [A dictionary of the Kukkuzi dialect of the Votic language] (dictionary citing attested dialectal material), page 591:

     Veitseekää eväd kässä ciukkaa, siz tullaz sünnid talloo.

     They didn't order to play with the knife, so sins came into the house.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn