orraava

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Ingrian

Noun

orraava

  1. (dialectal) Alternative spelling of orava
    • 1933, V. I. Junus, Lukukirja inkeroisia oppikoteja vart (toiseel oppivuuvveel), Leningrad: Riikin Izdatelstvo Kirja, page 51:
      Hyvä oli orraaval pöyvy - harmaa ja kerkkiä.
      A squirrel had a good coat - grey and not heavy.

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 15
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 366