valehuš

Karelian

Regional variants of valehuš

North Karelian (Viena)	valehuš
South Karelian (Tver)	valehuš

Etymology

From valehtua (“to lie”) +‎ -uš.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑlehuʃ/
• Hyphenation: va‧le‧huš

Noun

valehuš (genitive valehukšen, partitive valehušta)

1. lie, untruth
2. (South Karelian) mark used in sewing

Declension

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Synonyms

• (untruth): valeh

Further reading

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “valehuš”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “valehus”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “valehus01”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN