veettää

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veettädäk, equivalent to veejä (“to carry”) +‎ -ttää. Cognates include Finnish viettää and Estonian viitma.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋeːtːæː/, [ˈʋeːtːæ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋeːtːæː/, [ˈʋe̝ːtːæː]
  • Rhymes: -eːtːæː
  • Hyphenation: veet‧tää

Verb

veettää

  1. (intransitive) to celebrate
  2. (intransitive) to pass the time
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 103:
      Morƶa. Suure[mm]an ajan veettää vees.
      The walrus. Most of its time it passes its time in the water.
  3. (transitive) to celebrate
  4. (transitive) to pull (into a certain state or position)

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 663
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