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Karelian
Etymology
Regional variants of leibä
North Karelian (Viena)
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leipä
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South Karelian (Tver)
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leibä
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Inherited from Proto-Finnic *laipa. Cognate with Estonian leib, Finnish leipä, German Laib and Russian хлеб (xleb).
Noun
leibä (genitive leivän, partitive leibiä)
- (South Karelian) bread