Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *āsvës. Cognates include Northern Sami ásppas and Skolt Sami aasvâs.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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а̄свас (āsvas) (predicative а̄свас)

  1. (obsolete) sweet (which one gets a little or first time in a long time)
    • 1958, T. I. Itkonen, Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 812:
      А̄свас пе̄ррк.
      Āsvas pierrk.
      Sweet food.
      (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Kildin Sami language.)

Usage notes

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  • The word appears only in Itkonen’s dictionary.
  • Itkonen gives also a genitive form (а̄ссвас), which is almost never used nowadays.

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Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “āsvas”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland