кӣввт

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kievδë, Proto-Uralic *käwde.

Related to Finnish köysi. Сognates include Inari Sami kievđa and Skolt Sami ǩiõudd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːvːt/

Noun

кӣввт (kīvvt)

1. rope made out of roots
2. rope for seine

Inflection

Declension of кӣввт (type I noun, ввт-вт gradation)
Nominative	кӣввт (kīvvt)
Genitive	кӣвт (kīvt)
	singular	plural
Nominative	кӣввт (kīvvt)	кӣвт (kīvt)
Accusative	кӣвт (kīvt)	кӣвтэтҍ (kīvtet’)
Genitive	кӣвт (kīvt)	кӣвтэ (kīvte)
Dative-Illative	кӣввьтэ (kīvv’te)	кӣвтэтҍ (kīvtet’)
Locative	кӣвтэсьт (kīvtes’t)	кӣвтэнҍ (kīvten’)
Comitative	кӣвтэнҍ (kīvten’)	кӣвтэгуэйм (kīvteguejm)
Abessive	кӣвтха (kīvtxa)	кӣвтэха (kīvtexa)
Essive	кӣввтэнҍ (kīvvten’)
Partitive	кӣввтэ (kīvvte)

See also

• нӯррь (nūrr’)
• коа̄рсэгк (kåårsegk)
• ла̄ммч (lāmmč)

Further reading

• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “kiṷ̄ᵈtᴬ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 126
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kiṷ̄ᵈtᴬ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “кӣввт”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway