куэһпель

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• куэххьпэль (kuexx’pel’)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *koappēlē, from Proto-Uralic *koppala.

Related to Finnish koppelo. Compare Northern Sami goahppil, Skolt Sami kuäpˈpel and Ter Sami кыэһһпэль (kïehhpelʼ).

Noun

куэһпель (kuehpjel’)

1. female capercaillie

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kuəɔ̀p̀el̜”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “куэххьпэль”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway