вуэһць

Kildin Sami

Picture dictionary

вуэһць

вуэййв ха̄бпь

вуэһць

вуэйвэшна

чалльм

пэфс

нюннҍ

ня̄лльм

ка̄ййп

вуаллнешш

пе̄лльй

нышшьк

рӯдтӭ

ча̄пэх

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Alternative forms

• вуэххьц (vuexx’c)

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnic language; compare Finnish otsa. Cognates include Ter Sami [Term?] (ᵛi̮ə̑ɔ̄t̜s̜ɛ) and Akkala Sami [script needed] (oats).

Noun

вуэһць (vuehc’)

1. forehead

Further reading

• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “ВУЭҺЦЬ”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[1], Русский язык, page 60
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ᵛuəɔ̀t̜̀s̜ᴱ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland