veittsi
Kukkuzi
Etymology
From Votic, from Proto-Finnic *väicci.
Noun
veittsi
- knife
- 1980, Lauri Posti, “veittsi”, in Seppo Suhonen, editor, Vatjan kielen Kukkosin murteen sanakirja [A dictionary of the Kukkuzi dialect of the Votic language] (dictionary citing attested dialectal material), page 591:
- Veitseekää eväd kässä ciukkaa, siz tullaz sünnid talloo.
- They didn't order to play with the knife, so sins came into the house.
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References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn