куашшкэ

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• куа̄шкхэ (kuāškxe)
• куа̄шшкэ (kuāšške)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *koaškōtēk. Cognates include Northern Sami goaikut, Inari Sami kuášˈkuđ and Skolt Sami kuäškkad.

Verb

куашшкэ (kuašške)

1. to drip, to drop

Further reading

• G. M. Kert (1986) V. V. Vinokurova, E. N. Samojlova, editors, Словарь саамско-русский и русско-саамский [Sámi-Russian and Russian-Sámi dictionary], Ленинград: Просвещение, page 42
• 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