nʹaba

Livvi
Nʹaba (1).
Nʹaboi (3).

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *napa. Cognates include Finnish napa and Estonian naba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnʲɑbɑ/
  • Hyphenation: nʹa‧ba
  • Rhymes: -ɑbɑ

Noun

nʹaba (genitive nʹavan, partitive nʹabua)

  1. navel
  2. pole
  3. rhizome

References
  • Olga Žarinova (2012) Pagizemmo Karjalakse [Let's speak Karelian], St Petersburg, →ISBN, page 11
  • Tatjana Boiko (2019), “nʹaba”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
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