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Livvi
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *häntä.
Cognates include Finnish häntä Northern/Southern Karelian häntä / händä.
Pronunciation
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Noun
händy
- tail
Declension
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References
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 70
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “häntä”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN