ylemmäks

Ingrian

Etymology

From a translative of the comparative of Proto-Finnic *ülä-. Akin to Finnish ylemmäksi.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈylemːækse/, [ˈylʲe̞mːəks̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈylemːæːks/, [ˈyle̞mːæːkʃ]
  • Rhymes: -ylemːæks, -ylemːæːks
  • Hyphenation: y‧lem‧mäks

Adverb

ylemmäks

  1. up; higher
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      Hää [päivyt] ilmahtuu hoomuksest, vähittee kohojaa ylemmäks ja ylemmäks;
      It [the Sun] appears in the morning, gradually rises higher and higher;
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