šaje

Karelian

Regional variants of šaje
North Karelian
(Viena) 		šaje
South Karelian
(Tver) 		—

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sadëk. Cognates include Finnish sade and Veps sadeg-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɑje/
  • Hyphenation: ša‧je

Noun

šaje (genitive šatien, partitive šajetta)

  1. (North Karelian) synonym of vihma (“rain”)

Declension

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Derived terms

References

  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “saje”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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