Akkala Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *koškē, from Proto-Uralic *kuśka.

Related to Komi-Permyak кӧс (kös). Compare Skolt Sami kååʹšǩes, Kildin Sami коашшьк (kåšš’k) and Northern Sami goikat.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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кошк (košk)

  1. dry

Further reading

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  • P. M. Zajkov (1987) “košk”, in 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