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sluušpa

noun

LanguageKarelian

Meaning
  1. military service
  2. service, divine service, worship
  3. The period of time someone spends serving in the armed forces or performing an official duty.
Examples

Miun šeukku oli šeiččemen vuotta sluušpašša. Hiän oli ollun priimitty šinne, saltatakši, Venäjällä, kun vielä oli kakškymmentäviisi vuotta šilloin še sluušpa.

My relative was in military service for seven years. He had been accepted there, to be a soldier, in Russia, when the service was still twenty-five years long at that time.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThe term can refer to both secular military duty and religious service.

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sluušpa in other languages

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 7 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.