välis

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Ingrian

Spatial inflection of välis
→○ illative vällii
inessive välis
○→ elative välist

Pronunciation

Postposition

välis (+ genitive)

  1. (of location) between
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 17:
      Jos sana muuttuessaa saap lisän, kumpa painokkaan slogan perrää tekköö sannaa pitän vokalan, ni pitän vokalan ees oleva konsonantta, jos se vaa ono vokaloin välis, muuttuu geminataks.
      If a word in its changing gets an addition, which makes a long vowel in the word after a stressed syllable, then the consonant that is before the long vowel, if it is only between vowels, becomes a geminate.

Noun

välis

  1. inessive singular of väli

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 684