kavvan

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Ingrian

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kaugan. Cognates include Finnish kauan and Estonian kaua.

Pronunciation

Adverb

kavvan (comparative kavvempaa)

  1. (for) a long time
    • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking own way]”, in Inkeri, volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 13:
      Kavvan enne käytii kallaa pyytämä[ä]s, vot miä siulle saon nyt.
      Before, we went fishing for a long time, so I'm telling you now.

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References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 147