Kildin Sami

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Чӯнне

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čuońēk, from Proto-Finno-Saamic *čańak, borrowed from an Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Cognates include Northern Sami čuonjá, Skolt Sami čueʹnj and Ter Sami чы̄нь (čï̄nj).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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чуэнь (čuenj)

  1. goose

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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  • 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
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “t́š́u͕əńᵄ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 690b–691a
  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎[3], Русский язык