vaija

Finnish

Etymology

Isthmus Karelian dialect.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑi̯jɑ/, [ˈʋɑi̯j(ː)ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑijɑ
  • Syllabification(key): vai‧ja

Noun

vaija

  1. (dialectal, dated) grandfather

Usage notes

Rarely used in the modern language. Usage has been replaced by synonyms.

Synonyms

References

  1. “Anneli Hänninen (KOTUS): Dialectal usage distribution”, in (please provide the title of the work), accessed 29 July 2011, archived from the original on 2011-06-05
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