leibä

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Karelian

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Etymology

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Regional variants of leibä
North Karelian
(Viena) 		leipä
South Karelian
(Tver) 		leibä

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *laipa. Cognate with Estonian leib, Finnish leipä, German Laib and Russian хлеб (xleb).

Noun

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leibä (genitive leivän, partitive leibiä)

  1. (South Karelian) bread
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