leip-sool
Votic
Alternative forms
- leib-sool, ieipe-soolõ
Etymology
From leipe (“bread”) and soolõ (“salt”), referring to the practice of bread and salt, and perhaps a kind of calque of Russian хлеб-соль (xleb-solʹ), хлеб да соль (xleb da solʹ).
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlei̯pˌsoːl/, [ˈlei̯pˌsoːɫ]
- Rhymes: -oːl
Interjection
leip-sool
- An expression to be uttered by a guest arriving at someone's home or kitchen to express good wishes.
- bon appétit!
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “leipä-soola”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn