keskenää

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Ingrian

Etymology

From a possessive form of the essive of Proto-Finnic *keski-. Akin to Finnish keskenään.

Pronunciation

Adverb

keskenää

  1. among each other; between each other
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
      Höö kavvaa katsoit niitä ja mitäle meinaisivat keskenää.
      They were looking at these for a long time and discussing something among each other.

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References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 159