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keeli
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Ingrian
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *keeli, from Proto-Uralic *käle. Cognates include Finnish kieli and Estonian keel.
Pronunciation
Noun
keeli
- tongue
- language
- 2021, Kati Kallio, Riho Grünthal, Lasi Saressalo, quoting Olga Filatova, Inkerikot, setot ja vatjalaiset (overall work in Finnish), →ISBN, page 40:
- Ennee sottaa mittää sitä vennään keeltä meil ei olt - kaik oli oman keeli!
- Before the war we didn't have any Russian language - everything was our own language!
- string (of a musical instrument)
- tang (part of an instrument fastened to the handle)
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