вэнс

Kildin Sami

Вэнс.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vënës, from Proto-Finno-Permic *weneše.

Related to Finnish vene. Cognates include Northern Sami vanas and , Skolt Sami võõnâs and Akkala Sami выэнас (vyenas).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛns/

Noun

вэнс (vens)

1. boat

Further reading

• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “вэнс”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[1], Русский язык, page 72
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “vɛ̮̀ns”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “вэнс”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway