Re: Uusisuom language (Online lesson)

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> > Its main influences have been Finnish, Lithuanian and
> > Russian. [ ... ]
> > Mirko = cat
> > Vetta = water
> > Uusi = new
> > Huppo = bowl
> > Jo = and
> > Vajen = but
> > Lat = milk
> > Kavi = coffee
>
> Not knowing much Finnish, I recognize some Finnish cognates
> in _vetta_, _uusi_, _jo_ and _kavi_, though it seems that
> [t] has become [s] and vice versa. The numbers "one" and
> "seven" also seem to stem from Finnish.
Well the stem of "vesi" is "vete-"; in many Finnish words the stem form is
different from the nominative, like the stem of "uusi" (new) is
"uude". Also the "vajen" probably comes out of Finnish, though "vai" and
its various forms in Finnic languages mean "or", or form questions.


-------ferko
Ferenc Gy. Valoczy

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