Kildin Sami edit

Etymology edit

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Cognate with Ter Sami [script needed] (sījjnâd) and Inari Sami soinâđ (to gasp, to choke). Related to Northern Sami saidnat and Northern Sami sainnahat (whooping cough).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

сӣййнэ (sījjne)

  1. to laugh

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎[2], Русский язык, page 321
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “sìī̭nɐᵟ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 496