Livvi

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Etymology

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From vepsä (Veps) +‎ -läine. Akin to Finnish vepsäläinen and Veps vepsläne.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋepsæˌlæi̯ne/
  • Hyphenation: vep‧sä‧läi‧ne

Noun

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vepsäläine (genitive vepsäläizen, partitive vepsäläisty)

  1. Vepsian (person)

Synonyms

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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 13
  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 323