painajaini

Karelian

Regional variants of painajaini

North Karelian (Viena)	painajaini
South Karelian (Tver)	—

Etymology

From painua (“to press”) +‎ -jaini, calque of Finnish painajainen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑi̯nɑjɑi̯nʲi/
• Hyphenation: pai‧na‧jai‧ni

Noun

painajaini (genitive painajaisen, partitive painajaista)

1. (North Karelian) nightmare

References

• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “кошмар”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN