painajaini

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

Etymology

From painua (“to press”) +‎ -jaini, calque of Finnish painajainen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑi̯nɑjɑi̯nʲi/
  • Hyphenation: pai‧na‧jai‧ni

Noun

painajaini (genitive painajaisen, partitive painajaista)

  1. (North Karelian) nightmare

References
  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “кошмар”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN
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