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Ingrian
Etymology
From kolkka (“corner”) + pää (“head”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kolkanpää
- Kolgompya (a village in the Kingiseppsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia)
1916, Volmari Porkka, quoting Natelia, “1320. Soikkola, Mäkkylä. III 187.”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot, volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 32-34:Aloin linnaa lipata, // Viipurii viuhkaella, // Kolkanpään kylän kohalla.- I started to run to the city, // To flutter towards Vyborg, // In the village of Kolgompya.
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References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 188
- Natalia V. Kuznetsova (2009) Фонологические системы Ижорских диалектов [Phonological systems of Ingrian dialects], Saint-Petersburg: Institute for Linguistic Studies (PhD thesis), page 297