Venʹa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vena"

Karelian

Proper noun

Venʹa

1. Russia (a country in Europe and Asia)

Livvi

Venʹan kartu.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic [Term?], borrowed from Proto-Germanic *winidaz (“Slav”). Cognates include Finnish Venäjä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvenʲɑ/
• Hyphenation: Ve‧nʹa

Proper noun

Venʹa

1. Russia (a country in Europe and Asia)

Derived terms

• venʹalaine

References

• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 323