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Livvi
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *joodak. Cognates include Finnish juoda and Estonian juua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjuʋːɑ/
- Hyphenation: juv‧va
Verb
juvva
- (transitive) to drink
- (intransitive) to drink
References
- N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 3
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 85