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Ingrian
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps related to Estonian laugas (“muddle, pool”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lavvas
- Luga (a river in Russia)
1915, Volmari Porkka, quoting Oute Loan kylästä, “1140. Soikkola, Tarinaisi, III2”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot, volume III1, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 17-18:Vieretti munat vettee, // Laski pesän Laukahaa.- It made the eggs roll into the sea, // It dropped the nest into the Luga.
1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:Vaaƶnoimmat näist dialektoist ollaa Soikkolan dialekta, kumpaa läätää Soikkolan poolisaareel Koskisiin, Soikkolan, Mäkkiin, Loukkulan ja Someroisiin selsovettiloin kylliis, ja Laukaan dialekta, kumpaa läätää Laukaan joen varreel.- The most important of these dialects are the Soikkola dialect, which is spoken on the Soikkola peninsula in the villages of the village Soviets of Koskiset, Soikkola, Mäkit, Loukkula and Someroiset, and the Laukaa dialect, which is spoken along the river Luga.
1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 14:Nagru ja ääni Laukan äärees.- There is laughter and noise around the Luga.
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References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 254