вуэһпэ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vuoppōtēk, cognates include Finnish appaa and Northern Sami vuohpput.

Verb

вуэһпэ (vuehpe)

1. (obsolete) to pick up; to lift up
2. (obsolete) to eat greedily

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “vu͕əɔp̆pɐᵟ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland