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See also: Vaňha

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vanha, from Proto-Finno-Permic *wanša. Cognate with Estonian vana, Komi-Zyrian важ (važ), Udmurt вуж (vuž).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑnhɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝nhɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnhɑ
  • Syllabification(key): van‧ha
  • Hyphenation(key): van‧ha

Adjective

vanha (comparative vanhempi, superlative vanhin)

  1. old (of age)
    Synonym: iäkäs
    Antonyms: nuori (young) (of people, animals, etc. and occasionally also of things), uusi (new) (of things)
  2. old, former
    Synonym: entinen
  3. expired
    Synonyms: vanhentunut, (of food) eltaantunut, pilaantunut
    mennä vanhaksi (e.g. of food, medication, passport)to expire

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

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Ingrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vanha. Cognates include Finnish vanha and Estonian vana.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vanha (comparative vanhemp)

  1. old
  2. former

Declension

More information Declension of (type 3/kana, no gradation), singular ...

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of old): noori (young); uus (new)

Derived terms

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790), “ванга”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 701
  • V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 57
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 638
  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 76
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Karelian

More information North Karelian (Viena), South Karelian (Tver) ...

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vanha. Cognates include Finnish vanha and Estonian vana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑnhɑ/
  • Hyphenation: van‧ha

Adjective

vanha (genitive vanhan, partitive vanhua, comparative vanhempi / vanhembi, superlative vanhin)

  1. old

Declension

More information Viena Karelian declension of vanha (type 4/kala, no gradation), singular ...
More information Tver Karelian declension of vanha (type 4/kala no gradation), singular ...
More information Possessive forms of, 1st person ...

Derived terms

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “vanha”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN
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