Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *koδētēk, from Proto-Finno-Permic *kuda-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewdʰ-, from the root *h₂ew-. Cognates include Northern Sami gođđit, Finnish kutoa, Udmurt куыны (kuyny).

Verb

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коадтӭ (kådt’e)

  1. to knit, to crochet

Further reading

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  • 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