sentää

Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish sentään (“nevertheless”).

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsentæː/, [ˈs̠e̞ntæ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsentæː/, [ˈʃe̞ntæː]
  • Rhymes: -entæː
  • Hyphenation: sen‧tää

Conjunction

sentää

  1. therefore, that's why
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Iƶorat elläät Leningradan oblastin eri paikois, eri raijonois ja sentää iƶoran keeli senen mukkaa jakahuu eri dialektoihe, eri alakeelii.
      Ingrians live in varous places of the Leningrad Oblast, various raions, and therefore, because of this, the Ingrian language is divided into various dialects, various lesser languages.

Synonyms

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 519
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