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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *-han. Cognates include Finnish -han.

Pronunciation

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Particle

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-haa (front-vowel variant -hää)

  1. Used to indicate the speaker's surprise.
    Tulihaa tänäpään meijen faabrikkaa kunigas!
    Today a king came to our factory!
  2. Used to involve the collocutor in the conversation: then, so
    Hää tahtoo noissa, kuinhaa saotaa, stantsian nacalnikaks.
    He wants to become, whaddayacallit, a stationmaster.

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 51