sevverta

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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Univerbation of sen (this) +‎ vertaa (amount).

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Determiner

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sevverta (+ partitive)

  1. so many; so much; as much; this much
    • 1933, V. A. Tetjurev, Luunnontiito alkuoppia vart (ensimäin osa), Riikin Izdatelstva Kirja, page 39:
      Kons myy lykkäämmää munapropkaa trupkan sissee, siis myy huukun takissamma: huukua ono sevverta ku oli, mut tillaa se ottaa vähemmän.
      When we push the potato plug into the tube, then we press the air: there is as much air as there was, but it takes less space.