сӣййнэ
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)
- 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