Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čāppëtē, compare Northern Sami čáhppat.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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чоа̄һпэ (čååhpe)

  1. darkness, blackness

Adjective

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чоа̄һпэ (čååhpe) (predicative of чоа̄һпесь)

  1. black, dark

Further reading

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  • 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 341