mehiläini

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Karelian

Regional variants of mehiläini
North Karelian
(Viena)
mehiläini
South Karelian
(Tver)
mehliehäne

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mehiläinen. Cognates include Finnish mehiläinen and Ingrian mehiläin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmehiˌlʲæi̯nʲi/
  • Hyphenation: me‧hi‧läi‧ni

Noun

mehiläini (genitive mehiläisen, partitive mehiläistä)

  1. (North Karelian) bee

Declension

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References

  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 104