alfavitta

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian алфавит (alfavit), from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈalfaˌvitːa/

Noun

alfavitta (genitive alfavitan, partitive alfavittaa)

  1. alphabet
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      Näitä bukvoja sentää kutsutaa latinoituiks bukvoiks, tali latinisoituks alfavitaks.
      These letters are at least called latin letters, or the latin alphabet.
    • 1936, V. I. Junus and P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 35:
      Bukvoja täs porjatkaas saotaa alfavitaks.
      The letters in this sequence they call the alphabet.
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