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Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-han. Cognates include Finnish -han.
Pronunciation
Particle
-haa (front-vowel variant -hää)
- Used to indicate the speaker's surprise.
Tulihaa tänäpään meijen faabrikkaa kunigas!- Today a king came to our factory!
- Used to involve the collocutor in the conversation: then, so
Hää tahtoo noissa, kuinhaa saotaa, stantsian nacalnikaks.- He wants to become, whaddayacallit, a stationmaster.
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 51