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Russian
Noun
копѣ́йка • (kopě́jka) f inan (genitive копѣ́йки, nominative plural копѣ́йки, genitive plural копѣ́екъ, relational adjective копѣ́ечный, diminutive копѣ́ечка)
- Pre-1918 spelling of копе́йка (kopéjka).
Declension
Solombala English
Etymology
Inherited from Russian копѣ́йка (kopě́jka).
Noun
копѣйка (kopějka) (plural копѣйки)
- kopek or money in general
1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate], Saint Petersburg: Typography of Yakov Trey, pages 406–407:Асей, асей! Дай ту копѣйки!- Asej, asej! Daj tu kopějki!
- Sailor, sailor! Give me two kopeks!
References
- Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88), reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98