Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *niekëntëtēk.

Related to Hungarian néz and Finnish nähdä. Cognate with Northern Sami niegadit and Skolt Sami niõǥǥeed.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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нӣгнӭ (nīgn’e)

  1. (obsolete) to dream
    Synonym: не̄гкъе (niegk’e)

Inflection

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Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “nīγn̜eᵟ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland