allaa

See also: Allaa

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alahan. Cognates include dialectal Finnish alaan and Karelian alah.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑː/, [ˈɑɫːɑ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑː/, [ˈɑɫˑɑː]
  • (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑːn/, [ˈɑɫːɑːn]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
  • Hyphenation: al‧laa

Adverb

allaa

  1. (of motion) down, downward
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 31:
      Varpaisillaa, yllää, allaa.
      On the toes, up, down.

Synonyms

Antonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 13
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 19
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.