kauga

Votic

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from kaugaa according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Votic or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kaugan. Compare Finnish kauan, Ingrian kavvan, Estonian kaua.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯ɡɑː/, [ˈkɑu̯ɡɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯ɡɑː
• Hyphenation: kau‧ga

Adverb

kauga

1. (for) a long time
2. long ago
3. (lative) far away

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “kaugaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn