вуэрьпэсь

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oarpēs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos, possibly through Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárbʰas.

Related to Finnish orpo. Compare Northern Sami oarbbis and Skolt Sami vuẹʹrbes.

Noun

вуэрьпэсь (vuer’pes’)

1. (obsolete) orphan

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• ро̄дҍхэльмэсь (rōd’xel’mes’)
• ажьхэмь-е̄ннҍхэмь (až’xem’-’ēnn’xem’)
• е̄ннҍхэмь-ажьхэмь (jienn’xem’-až’xem’)

Further reading

• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “ᵛuər̜bes̜”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 772
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ᵛuər̜bes̜”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland