eglein

Karelian

Regional variants of eglein
North Karelian
(Viena) 		eklen
(dialectal) eklein
South Karelian
(Tver) 		eglein
(dialectal) eglen, egläin

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *eklen. Cognates include Finnish eilen and Veps eglai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɡlʲei̯n/
  • Hyphenation: eg‧lein

Adverb

eglein

  1. (South Karelian) yesterday

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “eglein”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
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