руччкэ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ručkë, related to Proto-Finnic *ruskëda. Cognates include Northern Sami ruškat, Skolt Sami ručkkâd and Finnish ruskea.

Adjective

руччкэ (ruččke) (predicative of руччкесь)

1. yellow

   Synonym: высскэ (vysske) (obsolete)

2. orange

Further reading

• 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
• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “301-302”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[2], Русский язык