jiähä

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Finnish[edit]

Verb[edit]

jiähä (dialectal)

  1. Alternative form of jäädä

Karelian[edit]

Verb[edit]

jiähä

  1. To stay.

Livvi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *jäädäk. Cognates include Finnish jäädä and Estonian jääda.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈjiæ̯hæ/
  • Hyphenation: jiä‧hä

Verb[edit]

jiähä

  1. (intransitive) to stay
  2. (intransitive) to lag behind
  3. (intransitive, + allative) to lag (behind)

References[edit]

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 81