valeh

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Karelian

Regional variants of valeh
North Karelian
(Viena)
valeh
South Karelian
(Tver)
valeh

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valëh. Cognates include Finnish valhe and Estonian vale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑleh/
  • Hyphenation: va‧leh

Noun

valeh (genitive valehen, partitive valehta)

  1. lie, untruth

Declension

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References

  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “valeh”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) , Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “valeh”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN