verha

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vërha (“cloth”). Cognates include Finnish verho (“curtain”) and Votic võra (“offering”).

The semantic shift from "cloth" > "offering" refers to a particular offering performed by the sick, which involved throwing a towel into a well.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋerɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋerhɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rhɑ]
• Rhymes: -erɑ, -erhɑ
• Hyphenation: ver‧ha
• Homophone: Vera

Noun

verha

1. offering

Declension

Declension of verha (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	verha	verhat
genitive	verhan	verhoin
partitive	verhaa	verhoja
illative	verhaa	verhoi
inessive	verhaas	verhois
elative	verhast	verhoist
allative	verhalle	verhoille
adessive	verhaal	verhoil
ablative	verhalt	verhoilt
translative	verhaks	verhoiks
essive	verhanna, verhaan	verhoinna, verhoin
exessive1)	verhant	verhoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 654