varraa

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Ingrian

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Baltic. Cognate with Estonian vara and more distantly related to Finnish varhain.

Pronunciation

Adverb

varraa

  1. (of time) early
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 58:
      Varraa, varraa lapset tulloot, șkoulun uksee kokuttaat.
      Early, early the children go out, they knock on the school's door.
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

varraa

  1. inflection of vara:
    1. partitive singular
    2. illative singular

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 643