syvvä

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Livvi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *söödäk. Cognates include Finnish syödä and Estonian sööda.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

syvvä

  1. (transitive) to eat
  2. (intransitive) to eat
  3. (transitive, of fish) to bite on
    Kala syöy čyötön.The fish bites on the worm.
  4. (transitive, of insects) to bite
    Pinʹoi syi minun.The mosquito bit me.

References[edit]

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