tihimpää

Ingrian

Etymology

Formed by elongating the final vowel of *tihimpä (which would regularly elide to **tihimp), in accordance with the final vowel of tihtii (“frequent”).

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈtihimpæː/, [ˈtihimpæ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈtihimpæː/, [ˈtihimpæː]
  • Rhymes: -ihimpæː
  • Hyphenation: ti‧him‧pää

Adverb

tihimpää

  1. comparative degree of tihtii
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Näijen rantakylliin iƶorat jo suuremmaks osaks ollaa muuttuneet venäläisiks, vennään keeltä seel läätää tihimpää ku iƶoran keeltä, ja sentää möö tämän dialektan materialoja emmä noise katsomaa.
      The Ingrians of these coastal villages are for the most part turning into Russians, there the Russian language is spoken more often than the Ingrian language, and therefore we will not begin to look at this dialects' materials.
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