Kildin Sami edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian коса (kosa), Old East Slavic коса (kosa), from Proto-Slavic *kosa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kāˀsā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (to comb, scratch).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

коассь (kåss’)

  1. plait, tress, braid, pigtail

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading edit

  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎[1], Русский язык, page 119
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “коассь”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway