куцц

Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from kucc according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuoccëk (“rotten”). Although, form куэцц (kuecc) is expected.

Cognates include Skolt Sami kuõcc, Kildin Sami кӯдц (kūdc) and Northern Sami guođđit.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkut͡sː/

Adjective

куцц (kucc) (superlative куцмус)

1. rotten

Further reading

• P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 115