šaje

Karelian

Regional variants of šaje

North Karelian (Viena)	šaje
South Karelian (Tver)	—

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sadëk. Cognates include Finnish sade and Veps sadeg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑje/
• Hyphenation: ša‧je

Noun

šaje (genitive šatien, partitive šajetta)

1. (North Karelian) Synonym of vihma (“rain”)

Declension

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Derived terms

• šajekuu

 

References

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “saje”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN