ца̄ввьнэ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *cāŋmētēk.

Verb

ца̄ввьнэ (cāvv’ne)

1. to drive in (nail)
2. to beat up, to fluff

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
• A. A. Antonova (2014) A.M. Agejeva, S.N. Galkin, D.M. Homyuk, E. Sheller, editors, Саамско-русский словарь [Sámi-Russian dictionary], Мурманский областной центр коренных малочисленных народов севера, →ISBN, page 328