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keeli

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Ingrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keeli, from Proto-Uralic *käle. Cognates include Finnish kieli and Estonian keel.

Pronunciation

Noun

keeli

  1. tongue
  2. 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!
  3. string (of a musical instrument)
  4. tang (part of an instrument fastened to the handle)

Declension

More information Declension of (type 5/keeli, no gradation), singular ...

Derived terms

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 162
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