seittemen

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯tːemen/,
Rhymes: -eitːemen
Syllabification^(key): seit‧te‧men

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seittemen (dialectal)

(including Kven) Alternative form of seitsemän (“seven”)
- 1872, “Vuonninen. Borenius II, n. 85.”, in Suomen kansan vanhat runot, published 1908, volume 1, part 1, page 156:
  Siel’ oṅ kulki kuusi vuotta, / Seilu seittemen kese[’] on, / Kulki kuusissa hakoina,
- 1952, Studia fennica, volumes 6-7, page 65:
  Teäl olen kulkent kuusi vuotta, helluin seittemen keseä, kuljin kuusissa hakona, petäjäissä pölkynpeänä.
- 1960, Suomen kansan vertauksia (Finnish folk parables), Matti Kuusi, page 315:
  Plitise niinku seittemen katti söis likokaloi. Karuna.
  Makes noise like a cat that ate seven lutefisks. Karuna.

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