paraikaa

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Finnish

Pronunciation

Adverb

paraikaa

  1. Alternative form of parastaikaa

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

Univerbation of paras (“best”) +‎ aikaa (“of time”). Akin to Finnish paraikaa.

Pronunciation

Adverb

paraikaa

  1. currently, nowadays
    • 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 10:
      Paraikaa inmihiset pittäät toisenlaajaist kumpassia.
      Nowadays people use a different type of compass.
    • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking own way]”, in Inkeri‎, volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:
      No höö soomeks läkäisiit, evät läännehet ko möö paraikaa läkkäämmä.
      But they spoke Finnish, they didn't speak like we speak currently.

Synonyms

See also

  • nyt (“now”)
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