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Ingrian
Etymology
Back-formation from veljä-. Cognates include dialectal Finnish veljä.
The sense "kind" is a semantic loan from Russian брат (brat).
Pronunciation
Noun
veljä
- brother
1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 80:Veljä ono motoristanna.- Brother is a motorist.
1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 52:Miä oon töömees samallain, niku isä siun i veljät.- I am a worker, just like your father and brothers.
- kind
1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 92:Ei suvvaa hää teijen veljää.- He doesn't like your kind.
Declension
All forms except the nominative singular are shared with veli.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- (brother): sisar (“sister”)
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 652
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 76