ка̄ццькэ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāckētēk, compare Northern Sami gáskit (“to bite”).

Verb

ка̄ццькэ (kācc’ke)

1. to bite, to bite off
2. to gnaw
3. to castrate (remove the testicles of)

Further reading

• 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) “102-103”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[2], Русский язык