киһк

Akkala Sami

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Киһк.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kiekë, either a Baltic loanword or an onomatopoeia.

Related to Finnish käki. Compare Skolt Sami ǩiõkk, Kildin Sami кӣгк (kīgk) and Northern Sami giehka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

киһк (kihk)

cuckoo

Inflection

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P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 79