šaje

Karelian
Regional variants of šaje
North Karelian
(Viena)		 šaje
South Karelian
(Tver)		 —

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sadëk. Cognates include Finnish sade and Veps sadeg-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɑje/
  • Hyphenation: ša‧je

Noun

šaje (genitive šatien, partitive šajetta)

  1. (North Karelian) Synonym of vihma (“rain”)

Declension

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Derived terms

References
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “saje”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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