Kildin Sami

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From пӣӈӈкэ (pīŋŋke, to blow (of wind)) +‎ -ъе (-’e).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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пӣӈӈькъе (pīŋŋ’k’e)

  1. to start blowing (of wind)
  2. (inchoative) to ventilate
  3. (inchoative) to jerk (to cure (meat or fish) by cutting into strips and drying)

Further reading

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  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “пӣӈӈькъе”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway