voitella

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *voit'ëldak. Equivalent to voittaa (“to win”) +‎ -ella. The inherited sense, however, is dialectal; the frequentative sense, the only sense used in modern Finnish, is arguably a secondary formation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋoi̯telːɑˣ/, [ˈʋo̞i̯t̪e̞lːɑ̝(ʔ)] Rhymes: -oitelːɑ Syllabification(key): voi‧tel‧la Hyphenation(key): voi‧tel‧la === Verb === voitella frequentative of voittaa (“to win”) (dialectal, Satakunta, Ingria, Gulf of Finland islands) synonym of painia (“to wrestle”) ==== Conjugation ==== == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *voit'ëldak, equivalent to voittaa (“to win”) +‎ -ella. Cognates include dialectal Finnish voitella and Estonian võidelda. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋoi̯telːɑ/, [ˈʋo̞i̯te̞ɫː] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋoi̯telːɑ/, [ˈʋo̞i̯d̥e̞ɫːɑ] Rhymes: -oi̯telː, -oi̯telːɑ Hyphenation: voi‧tel‧la === Verb === voitella (intransitive) to wrestle ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 676