allaš

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Karelian

Regional variants of allaš
North Karelian
(Viena)
allaš
South Karelian
(Tver)
allaš

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aldas. Cognates include Finnish allas and Ingrian allas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlːɑʃ/
  • Hyphenation: al‧laš

Noun

allaš (genitive altahan, partitive allašta)

  1. (North Karelian or dialectal) trough

Declension

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References

  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “allaš”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “allas”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN