sevverta
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Ingrian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Univerbation of sen (“this”) + vertaa (“amount”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈseʋːertɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞ʋːe̞rt]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈseʋːertɑ/, [ˈʃe̞ʋːe̞rd̥ɑ]
- Rhymes: -eʋːert, -eʋːertɑ
- Hyphenation: sev‧ver‧ta
Determiner[edit]
sevverta (+ partitive)
- so many; so much; as much; this much
- 1933, V. A. Tetjurev, Luunnontiito alkuoppia vart (ensimäin osa), Riikin Izdatelstva Kirja, page 39:
- Kons myy lykkäämmää munapropkaa trupkan sissee, siis myy huukun takissamma: huukua ono sevverta ku oli, mut tillaa se ottaa vähemmän.
- When we push the potato plug into the tube, then we press the air: there is as much air as there was, but it takes less space.